Lonna Blodgett Poet Free verse

Poised

Sitting by the edge of her sullen lake
Hands around her knees
Holding on to her worldly dreams
She dips her toes to test what was to become
Drawn like flesh to bone
The water wakened her senses
This girl-to-woman burst within her
Filled with gumption
Laughingly she tossed her curls
Behind her shoulders
Jumped wholeheartedly
Then plunged into the icy waters

She wanted to swim
To feel her body's bliss
As she crashed splashing out
Then dove beneath the waters
And swam farther and farther
Away from the oh so familiar shore

So alive with each gliding arms reach
She felt her fluidity and power surge
She breathed with such joy
Her rhythm never broke
Faster and faster she freed herself
From fear and disappointment
Affirming as she shaped her body to water
Matching her spirit to master her stage


August 23, 2020
Woman In Chains Poetry Contest
Sponsored by John Hamilton

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John Hamilton September 1, 2020 at 8:45 AM Thanks Lonna for your fine entry, congrats on a nice placement! Lonna Blodgett September 4, 2020 at 5:09 PM Hi John! I hope that you are well, safe and happy. Thank you for the placement. Truly enjoy your contests!

John Watt August 29, 2020 at 7:53 PM Lonna, your poetic tale so vividly depicts the young woman becoming her new freer self. Overcoming both fear of the unknown and the comforts of status quo, she plunges into bracing water and finds her freedom and new confidence exhilarating. I love the final two lines and how they summarize that sensation of personal renaissance. This is a powerful metaphor for anybody who breaks out of that inertia and timidness holding them down. Such a delight to read. Blessings, my friend ~ John Lonna Blodgett August 31, 2020 at 9:41 AM It is always such a joy to read your wonderful words. Are you a teacher of poetry? If not you are innately and should have a master class! Blessings you have sent and blessings I give back!! Lonna