Constance La France Poet Spoken Word

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Poetry/Spoken Word/the runaway
Copyright Protected, ID 03-1716-866-19
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Written, March 19, 2025
For the International Contest, Your Choice C
Sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 03/22/2025

FIRST PLACE

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the runaway

the end of day shuts down
the smell of rain
at 5 o'clock
with gusty winds
and withered leaves under my feet
newspapers whirling from empty parking lots
broken plastic bins rolling
a lonely dog in an alley
I wake up in my rented room
with dingy wallpaper
coffee is what I need
I toss my blanket
and lay there thinking
of a thousand awful images
then sitting on the bed
I whisper to myself
               I should go home

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Kim Rodrigues March 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM This has a classic feel. Not too mnay newspapers flying about these days. Love the imagery. Some will find their way back home…but out again?! Congrats! Constance La France March 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM Kim, thank you for the compliment and congrats. I suppose I could have written plastic bags but not many of those either, or cloth bags, well that does not sound very poetic, lol, blessings ~

John Read March 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM Powerful poem Constance, I agree with the ending for there's no place like home. xx Constance La France March 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM John, thank you for the compliment, and comment, blessings ~

Anne-Lise Andresen March 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM - Yes, she should go home...she is loved and missed - (soup mail) - hugs Constance La France March 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM Anne-Lise, runaways should go home, but some don't ,blessings and hugs ~

David Crandall March 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM I'm taking a writing class at my retirement community. They said, "show don't tell". You've done a great job of that here. I'm sometimes challenged by that. Yours is a good example. Constance La France March 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM David, thank you for the compliment, best of luck with your class, that's great that there are such things in retirement communities, blessings ~