Another Poem by Clara

So it's obvious I'm not feeling very creative this week as I try to get back into the swing of things after vacation.  The weather has turned hot and I've been trying to get up early to get stuff done and I think my brain is a bit fried.  My body is I know as I overdid it on working out this week and I'm so sore.  And, yes, I'm back to drinking good beer but don't worry I'm not overdoing it.

But my daughter, Clara, has been creative and writing poems and songs lately.  Here's her latest.  If she writes too many more, she'll have to set up her own blog.

USE NO SCISSORS

Scritch.

The sound of words

Words that change the way

You look at things.

Words that change

Your life.

Blades

Razor sharp,

Digging deep

Are words

Really words?

Or are they wizards

That have the power to put your life on hold

or

even

bring 

it

to

a

halt

?

People see this

And they still do damage

That ends

worlds

completely, cutting 

their fine threads

There is no miracle

No antidote

To revive a world

Help

Someone,

Big or small

Mighty or weak

Use no scissors

Poetry Moment

While, I'm still a bit depressed over the closing of Superior Donuts, I thought I'd turn to more positive matters.  My daughter, who loves to write, got Runner-up in a county-wide poetry contest for her age group.  She entered on a whim and she'll get $25: getting paid for writing, not bad.   So, in honor of her great achievement, I am sharing 2 of the poems with you. The 3rd poem, which I posted on my blog a while ago, was about Halloween.  I'm not saying it's not good, I just really like these two poems:

Journey

When lead touches paper

One hand gains passage

To an impossible form of the impossible.

The village the hand must cross

Consists of long empty roads

Slowly filling with people.

But when the lead breaks

The strong connection is lost

Until the thoughts reinvent themselves

And the journey resumes.

I Was a Giant

I was a giant, once.

I moved the people in their houses.

I arranged cities.

I created scenes and played them out.

But I wish I had enjoyed it

And cherished it

Because I wasn't going to stay

Young

Forever.