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1) Road Trip
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When I first saw the advertisement for the National Poetry Writing Month contest, I thought, well, I've tried so many other years. Labored over manuscripts. This time, I am just going to have fun! So, I thought of the road trip we were about to set out upon. I know I could not actually write the poems until April, but I chose to take notes on the locations where we stopped. Then I thought about all the road trips we took when I was a child. Our family...
2) Road Trip 2
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This, our second long road trip together, was very exciting. Having been wooed by the amazing people of the United States on the first trip, we looked forward to seeing, meeting more on this one! We met old friends along the way, made some new ones.
We experienced restaurants recommended by the locals, along with a few familiar eateries. We experienced a purple mountain's majesty, above the fruited plain. a palace made of corn, the joy of an open...
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The air that I breathe in must be held, releasing gradually so as to get to the last note, staggered at times, to allow others to catch theirs.
Following its dynamic, watching imperative, to get direction, mind the text, sing out Louise, lift heavy hearts. We must fit in seamlessly, and rise up all at once.
Inhale, hold, stagger to marry text and tone be the breath of God.
To return to the Maker measures of the gift we've been given, a fit place...
4) Robes
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Linda Trott Dickman's "Robes: The Art of being Covered" is an impressive debut from a skilled poet on the rise. Exhibiting great scope and timbre, these poems allow us to confront what it is to be protected, to be "robed in deceit," to be shadowed and, subsequently, emerge. These are precise, complex poems to be savored and revisited, over and over again.
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