Constance La France Poet Free verse

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A Small Little Speck

I have always been a minimalist in my writing
using simple words and no ornamentation
I cannot do iambic pentameter
yet, my writing has a melody and rhythm
I started as a bitty little girl
in an attic room penning stories
negligible
a speck, a smidgen in the scope of this world
I saw a million things from my attic window
the birds, the seasons, the sky
I was bullied in school as a child
so I felt belittled and beaten down
but in my writing I threw off the scars
I still do with words unadorned and pure
I have been to the darkest, fathomless pit
had nothing
been an underling to abuse
kept down
but inside a humble flame burned
and I refused to be diminished one day beyond
so, I crawled up from my pit of nothingness
and I stand here a simple girl
who writes minimal art . . . 


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December 19, 2018


Poetry/Free Verse/A Small Little Speck
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Andrew Fairchild December 21, 2018 at 1:19 AM By transforming all our pain, we skip a rock across the whole, wide sea! Bravo for this one! It seems your life itself is the Victory! I Love your work! Constance La France December 21, 2018 at 7:30 AM Andrew, thanks for visiting my poem and for the kind comment and compliment, that means a lot to me ~

Sand Blown December 19, 2018 at 9:22 AM your write takes one back years...but, it's the speck that tips the scales (ever so gently) every time Constance La France December 19, 2018 at 6:19 PM Thank you so much for that lovely comment ~

Chris Green December 19, 2018 at 9:10 AM Well, once again this was beautiful and all I can say about the theme is, perhaps your poems are like you state but your talent is far from minimalist. It shines in a big way in every thing you write. Best wishes in the contest Constance La France December 19, 2018 at 6:19 PM Chris thank you for that wonderful comment, appreciate ~