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 :)

Sunday, July 7, 2019

Poem: July 7, 2019

Game Night

 The five of us gathered
around the kitchen table,
leaning in, studying
the board and plotting,
checking our cards, each
convinced we have it,
some edge, some secret
path to victory for red
(mine) or black (yours),
just hoping for one lucky
draw, a little more time
inside this shared square
fantasy, this imaginary
world that can, briefly,
contain all of our hopes,
command our collective
attention, keep us all
within its cardboard borders.


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