Sarah Rosendahl Poet Free verse

Where I'M From

I am from Tupperware-lined pantry shelves
Ziploc bags of cereal
Sunshine and bumble-bee brown 
Kitchen counters

I am from the crackling ice of Norway
the horns of Jericho
the sweltering heat of Phoenix

I'm from a town removed from time
wood and fire heat
Pine trees that stand
like castle towers

I am from misunderstandings
and broken hearts
From people who wanted more
than they could have

I'm from wilted desert plains
and lava skies
from a happy broken home
the lonesome hum of coyote lullabies

I am from roses that grew on brick 
canvases
The corn that sprouted on barren
clay

I'm from simple needs
and lavish desires
Masking-taped moving boxes
and “miles to go before I sleep”

I am from “Gypsy Road”
and “Turn the Page”
another era
an old soul

I'm from wash hung to dry
broken morals
and years of change

Me?
I am from all the things that are a part of me
and I a part of them

Church prayers
Crackling cassette players
Serpentine dirt roads 

Each live alone in my memories
and I beneath their surface dust

I see them behind my closed eyes
and maybe
they see me in their dreams

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Jamila Strong October 10, 2010 at 1:48 PM good choice of descriptive words

Duncan Chappell October 6, 2010 at 5:53 PM wonderful read thank you for sharing [duncan]

Carol Sunshine Brown September 27, 2010 at 5:25 AM I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Sarah. Wishing you the best in your writing endeavors. You can look to the left side of the main page and find lots of information on PoetrySoup including contests by members of PoetrySoup and contests by the PoetrySoup site also which you may enter.If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone here. We are all willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol

Linda-Marie Sweetheart September 25, 2010 at 5:33 PM Welcome to Poetry soup.. an enjoyable read in Bio form Sarah... hope your stay on soup will be fun... check oout the contest scene to enter and good luck with luv...