So the purpose of this blog is to be a space to practice creativity. I am currently using it as a place to record a single, unedited poem for each day in 2019. While I attempt to write everyday, I may not actually post daily. Instead, I will post poems as they are completed, but one for everyday of the year. Not sure I can make it, but we'll see. It's fun to try regardless :)

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Poem: July 4, 2019

Life Is Beautiful

The brief candles of
4th of July sparklers
are always disappointing.

You just get them lit,
maybe give them a wave,
and it seems they're out.

Just a crunchy bit of wire
for the kids to burn
their fingers with.

But the glow they make
on a kid's face, the shadows,
the sparks reflected

in their eyes, the white -hot
light.We'll keep firing up
those sparklers, we'll light

them up all night.


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