voices
your voice
a quiet clarion, appalachian
a beacon
you are like the word, entity
you were born in blue mountains
populated with rows of old growth,
and violet butterflies
but you don’t live there presently
when you see the foothills you sigh in relief
you never have worry of sticking out at home
like someone standing a-corner at a dance
this that i hear is the rarely understood,
the dealer shuffling out so many accents of
so many places barely called home, and
the question
what people will get to know about me
what, what will it be
the more you’ve wandered out to sing,
the more it sticks that
there is a big town word to describe a thing
there is a holler word to say “that’s a spring.” and
there are judges and juries that would break you,
to know where you flew in from.
i’ve seen the same.
sweetness.
you are fascinating.
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I love the white space around “sweetness” in this poem about the fear of sticking out.
thank you gaby. it was a sincerely placed word in the white space too. 🙂
There’s a lot fo
Whoops, sorry about my previous mistake. There’s a lot of insight and compassion in this poem. The beginning is especially compelling. Like Gaby, a like how sweetness is surrounded by white space.
thank you linda. the subject of the poem is fascinating to me.
“this that i hear is the rarely understood,”
and the deck of cards – perfect perfect imagery. Feels like The Little Prince
thank you Jane. perhaps reading that little book would be ideal for me.
I think it’s worth it. I hear it randomly through my life even 10 years after the last time I read it
To be of a place makes us defenders. How clearly you show this struggle to just be what we are.
Love the message and violet butterflies.