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NaPoWriMo 201110 Comments

NaPoWriMo: Day 4 – You Go, Girl

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  You Go, Girl Laughter fills the booth in between urgent whispers, spilling into the street making passers-by turn around to look with knowing smiles. ________________________ Note: “You Go, Girl” is a well known graffiti artist in the city. This is one of her more sedate pieces. If you, like me, find street art fascinating you might like to see my Flickr set of New Orleans street art here. I dreamed the first four words of this poem a few days ago and went looking in my Flickr to find a photo that might go along with it. The rest … Continue reading NaPoWriMo: Day 4 – You Go, Girl

NaPoWriMo 2011, New Orleans11 Comments

NaPoWriMo: Day 2 – The Only Side That Counts

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The Only Side That Counts   This winter wind blows as cold as your indifference, tearing at my coat like your words tore at my heart that night when I cried out for help. You turned your back on me – deliberately – even though you’d been where I was, felt what I was feeling. Had admitted as much to me. We were never really friends. We didn’t know how to be. We never shared anything of significance except a bit of time now and then. Finally, even that was more than you wanted to give. Continue reading NaPoWriMo: Day 2 – The Only Side That Counts