poem-kindle

poem-kindle November 10, 2014

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 3:46 pm
Tags: assonance, consonance, desire, dreams, fear, goal, hope, imperfect rhyme, inspiration, metaphor, personification, poem, poetry

Under your skin

you’re kindling dreams.

Letting just enough

hope gleam through the ash.

Your head says,

“You can’t.

It won’t be,”

But the kindling dreams

wonder,

“Why

not

me?”

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18 Responses to “poem-kindle”

righteousbruin9 Says:
November 10, 2014 at 3:54 pm
I lived through thirty years of “Not me. Can’t be”. My angel changed a lot of that, and when she left us, it was all up to me. I’m doing my darnedest to live the dream.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  November 10, 2014 at 4:01 pm
  Good for you.
  You’re the only one who can.
  
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syl65 Says:
November 10, 2014 at 4:06 pm
Turn the heat up and go for it all! Thanks Shawn 🙂

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  November 10, 2014 at 4:29 pm
  My pleasure.
  
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  - syl65 Says:
    November 10, 2014 at 5:07 pm
    Awesome!
  - Shawn L. Bird Says:
    November 10, 2014 at 5:12 pm
    Thank you
  - syl65 Says:
    November 10, 2014 at 5:33 pm
    You’re welcome 🙂
dancingpalmtrees Says:
November 10, 2014 at 4:15 pm
My Dreams even when pushed to the side, ignored, and sidelined forever keep knocking on the door and arise from the ashes of neglect prompting me to try again.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  November 10, 2014 at 4:28 pm
  That’s what the best of them do.
  
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thankfulgirl20 Says:
November 10, 2014 at 4:29 pm
I love this. Wow.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  November 10, 2014 at 4:29 pm
  Thank you.
  I’m glad it speaks to you.
  
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georgiakevin Says:
November 10, 2014 at 4:53 pm
Your poetry has such warmth that it brings you to it even in th beginning but as you your reader reads further it bursts into a wonderful roaring fire. It’s almost as if you begin your poems with a little bit of fat lighter.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  November 10, 2014 at 4:58 pm
  lol
  Well, the goal (as I explain to my students) is to lull the reader into a comfortable place and then punch them in the gut.
  And of course, you can’t do that EVERY time or they know it’s coming.
  It’s a little bit like Charlie Brown, Lucy, and that football.
  
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toad2014 Says:
November 10, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Interesting Mrs. Bird….

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  November 10, 2014 at 6:20 pm
  Thanks, Chris.
  
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truantone Says:
November 11, 2014 at 12:12 am
Reblogged this on Gemini's Lament.

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Vee dC Says:
November 11, 2014 at 1:13 pm
This should be pinned on an insecure writer’s vision board! 🙂

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  November 11, 2014 at 2:42 pm
  Thanks, Vee.
  
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