Shawn L. Bird

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poem- identity June 4, 2020

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 11:50 am
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Your name drips heavy irony:

joyful, playful, desirable.

Was that a youthful you

I never knew?

What carved through

who you were meant to be

and left such an antipode

behind?

 

9 Responses to “poem- identity”

  1. Jennifer Barricklow Says:
    June 4, 2020 at 12:16 pm

    Any poem that makes use of the work “antipode” is amazing! 🙂

    Reply
  2. irenics Says:
    June 4, 2020 at 4:00 pm

    ❤ forever digging your distilled dissonant sonance

    Reply
  3. Satyen Says:
    June 4, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    Excellent poem!

    Reply

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