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Friday, June 12, 2015

Poetry Friday: Spiral Up

Spiral Up

Spiral Up by lorieanngrover on Polyvore

Spiral Up

I will build hope one
staircase on another and
climb from destruction.

Lorie Ann Grover, 2015
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6 comments:

  1. jamaJune 12, 2015 at 9:56 AM

    Very cool image and poem. Thank you!!

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  2. Mary LeeJune 12, 2015 at 4:32 PM

    This reminds me of Langston Hughes' Crystal Staircase poem!

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  3. Lorie Ann GroverJune 13, 2015 at 9:34 AM

    Thank you! Oh, yes, Mary Lee:

    Mother to Son
    BY LANGSTON HUGHES

    Well, son, I’ll tell you:
    Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
    It’s had tacks in it,
    And splinters,
    And boards torn up,
    And places with no carpet on the floor—
    Bare.
    But all the time
    I’se been a-climbin’ on,
    And reachin’ landin’s,
    And turnin’ corners,
    And sometimes goin’ in the dark
    Where there ain’t been no light.
    So boy, don’t you turn back.
    Don’t you set down on the steps
    ’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
    Don’t you fall now—
    For I’se still goin’, honey,
    I’se still climbin’,
    And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

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  4. Donna SmithJune 13, 2015 at 12:30 PM

    Wonderful Haiku!

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  5. Donna SmithJune 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM

    Or senryu, actually!

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  6. Lorie Ann GroverJune 14, 2015 at 8:44 AM

    Thank you, Donna! Now I know more. :)

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