New Offspring

Does your writing dance above the words
or somewhere down below

Do voices borrowed and feelings loaned,
occlude your diction’s flow

Do phrases couple and stanzas mesh,
in new harmonic forms

Does music waltz proudly from page to page
—to score new lyrics born

(Walking With Colby: February, 2021)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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