POW Prompt #9 / Big Tent Poem: Water

How did I begin? I’ll tell you. Picture
me, eight years old, sailor girl,
trying to traverse the seas by a boat made of books. I kept
travelogues in my head, piling them on top of each other until
upon completion, they made Ionic columns feel ashamed of
their own shortness. Now move forward and do it
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WWP Prompt #8 / POW Prompt #9: i still dream of shadows

Liberty, by Nicole Nicholson

Liberty, by Nicole Nicholson

i still dream of shadows
gray guards, corded necks, black walking
the stars die in their hair
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