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_refugee_  ·  2907 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Today's Writing Prompt: Advice to a Poet

  Advice to a poet:

don't.

Advice to a poet:

One day you'll understand

that parable about the child who realizes

her parent used to art

and wasn't half bad at it -

but then stopped?

from the perspective of the papa

or the mama and it won't be

so sad anymore.

  Advice to a poet: life,

and love, change shape

over time. They're always there, but they won't

always rhyme.





lil  ·  2907 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is great! I love the reading.