I tried writing something for Read Write Poem Prompt #89: It Came from the Headlines….but I wasn’t inspired by the headlines this week, believe it or not. I haven’t done current events poems for a long time, anyway. So I am sharing this — a poem I wrote watching Airea “Dee” Matthews feature at Writing Wrongs on Tuesday. I don’t know if I’ve quite captured how I felt, or the message I have, but I hope you enjoy the read.

-Nicole

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I don’t have to tell you
that that poets must pin their words down to paper
with metal and ink swords
before they disappear into silence and ignorance,
not even leaving a whisper or a whiff behind
to mock each grasping, gasping wordsmith as they evaporate
or that

they must pin down their thoughts
and abuse them until they give up
the words like floating snowflake ghosts
still trapped inside their skins. But
I tell you this:
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