Monday, August 26, 2019

Glimmer

Found poem from a small section of Parker Palmer's essay "Born Baffled."

Glimmer

Writing is a retrospective act
it's also a prospective act
a Distant Warning System
about the next opportunity
or demand for growth

partnering with something that is
not yet me or mine --
or perhaps something
more truly me

Writing allows the mask to fall away

Peeling away the layers
Writing toward the growing edge
A glimmer of what it might be.

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