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 :)

Saturday, July 6, 2019

Poem: July 6, 2019

Just a Thought

What if, instead of a casket in the ground,
it was an old steamer trunk in the attic?

Or a small, tethered dirigible floating
just above the herb garden?

Or a bunk in a sleeper car on a train
that winds a long, slow loop through
wild and mountainous terrain?

Or what if it was an old brass trophy
on a bookshelf in a grand library
where secret societies meet?

Or in a jewelry box in the inside pocket
of a Jazz Era tuxedo that you keep
hanging in the back of a wardrobe?

Or in a canteen that hangs beside the door
on a screened porch in an abandoned cabin
that looks out on the overgrown trail head?


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