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words of the week ...
words of the week
My teacher always gives us a list of words to use in sentences. She says when you can command language, it helps you make sense of things better.
I wrote this for our current words:
sonorous whimpers echo in the gallows
supine are the slain, like cards in a game of 52 pick up
the living cower face down
arms cocked over heads and faces at 45 degrees to disguise themselves in case today’s executioner hasn’t forgiven
nor forgotten their hubris wrapped in serendipitous arrogance
ineffable strains of pretrichor made from tears and gun-smoke waft through
a bell rings, time for third period though no one dare move
aquiver in their thoughts, that a moment ago were of prom, a failed test, lip gloss and ditching next period
and all the other ethereal ramblings that come with being young, and still misshapen
if I grow up, beyond this day
my sonder will wear Teflon
just in case I fall in love,
or a day like this starts to make sense
Published 18th May 2018
| Edited 11th Jun 2018
Author's Note
I wrote this poem about a week ago for the DUP competition “in a word”. I wrote it from the perspective of a high school student, and now today (18/05/2018) yet another massacre at a school has occurred ...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005907937/scenes-from-the-texas-school-shooting.html?smprod=amp®ion=img
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005907937/scenes-from-the-texas-school-shooting.html?smprod=amp®ion=img
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18th May 2018 8:58pm
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY
“This is America”
... the breakdown
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9_LIP7qguYw
“This is America”
... the breakdown
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9_LIP7qguYw
19th May 2018 6:05am
4th Jun 2018 10:07pm
I bumped this because after a threat about a possible shooting, at the school where I work, was put out over Snapchat ... over 50 percent of our students stayed home out of fear ...
This is America
This is America
18th Jun 2018 2:21pm
Chosen for inclusion in a publisher’s issue on gun violence ... Thank You to those who’ve read and commented ...
xo Indie for RL add!
xo Indie for RL add!
4th May 2019 12:08pm
Almost a year later and still nothing done to help slow down to the killing... only the crime scenes change; from schools to places of worship. Powerful words and thoughts, brotha. Plenty of crumb trails for inspiration too. salute
