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My Poetry, NaPoWriMo 20214 Comments

NaPoWriMo Day 2

Charlotte Hamrick

Resisting a Steel Tsunami The cloud of her hair settling in a window, the cold blue of her eyes in the Mississippi heat, a guttural rumbling fading in the sleepy noise of small town life. She was a military brat and I was a transplant from parts all over in this town where almost everyone else had been born and raised. I didn’t even ask where her ticket would take her. For months after I thought of her every day, wondered if she was living the freedom she was seeking or trapped but too proud to call for help. I … Continue reading NaPoWriMo Day 2

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NaPoWriMo Day 1

Charlotte Hamrick

Polychrome I want to snuggle into your skin, see through your eyes, tilt your nose up to the sky & take a deep  drought of your breath. Is your brain messaged by  Octopus tentacles, millions of suction cups kissing your cerebellum? Is your understanding prickled by the toes of earth’s creatures? Is your empathy colored with chlorophyll and seed? We are sea and forest sky and flesh,  we see differently, together a world made for all. * Photo by Masaaki Komori on Unsplash Prompt via Napowrimo.net Continue reading NaPoWriMo Day 1

My Poetry, NaPoWriMo 20219 Comments

Bone & Keratin

Charlotte Hamrick

I imagine you in the Costa Rican rain forest peering down the magnificance of your beak, the radiance of your plumage twinkling tree-stars in the mist, your strident calls reverbrating between the breasts of mountains, rolling through lush valleys of verdant loam. As a human you would be an artist preening before a canvas, sweating blues & greens, weeping purples and reds,rolling through multi-hued sheets brushed with forested liquid, face lifted above the treetops, fingers brushing stars. *** Na/GloPoWriMo Early bird Prompt via NaPoWriMo.net Image of Jadeite Bird Pendant via The Metropolitan Museum of Art Continue reading Bone & Keratin

Flash Fiction, My Poetry, Publications 20215 Comments

Twin Pies Lit + Fevers of the Mind

Charlotte Hamrick

It’s been Lucky February for me! I am so grateful to Twin Pies Literary and Fevers of the Mind Poetry Blog for selecting my work for their fine publications. My Flash Fiction piece, “Four Levels of Infatuation“, is in Twin Pies new issue. Thank you, Jessica Evans and D.T. Robbins! My two poems, “Shelter in Place” and “Swaddling the Beast, are currently featured on Fevers of the Mind. Many thanks to David L O’Nan! * This weekend should have been the big parade weekend before Fat Tuesday but, alas, the pandemic has cancelled Mardi Gras, as we’ve always known it. … Continue reading Twin Pies Lit + Fevers of the Mind

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Poetry That Will Drop Your Mouth Open

Charlotte Hamrick

I often turn to poetry when I’m feeling restless. There’s something about the rhythm and flow that seems to calm me, even if the subject isn’t calming. In that way, it’s a lot like music. The images of a poem mimic the melody of a musical piece, bits flowing in our heads just when we need it most. The poems I highlight here all have memorable phrases and images. They each tell a powerful story in their own unique voice. Enjoy! * Ashley M. Jones in River Mouth Review – Love Letter: Heaven is a Black Woman’s Smile We all … Continue reading Poetry That Will Drop Your Mouth Open

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A Day In the Life of a Sick Woman

Charlotte Hamrick

A cat in heat has been caterwauling non-stop for at least a week & fire trucks are wailing & road rage-crazed drivers are honking & buses are vroom-vrooming & kids are playing basketball in the parking lot behind the house, the ball thump-thump-thumping on the pavement making the dogs bark & the drive-up kid at McD’s is talking into the mic so loud I can hear each & every Yat-infused syllable she speaks to each & every fast food starved patron who drives up & lord have mercy I’m sick & tired of being sick & tired & can someone … Continue reading A Day In the Life of a Sick Woman