So long, January!

Hooray for Poetry Friday!

I look forward to catching up with poetry friends this weekend. Please visit Jan at Bookseedstudio for all the goodness of a round-up of poet efforts.

I Didn’t Write Poetry this Week

I didn’t write poetry this week. All my words were used to protest opposition to an oligarchic clique. I didn’t write poetry this week as clowns and liars dared to speak. Alarm grew inside my chest. I didn’t write poetry this week. All my words were used to protest.

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Not Pretty

I could not write pretty poems this week

my words opposed, protested and

stood against affronts to me

and my compatriots

by this president.

I hope that soon

pretty poems

will flow free.

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