Well my poems are done and submited. I saved and resaved then started over and finally decided that I wasn't listening to my inner voice. SO I logged my initial ideas and let my heart take the pen and started to write. I am happier with the selections I posted especially a poem about a friend who committed suicide and how he held his dark secret of deprssion in until it finally caught him. I talked about an animal that passed and my past as a swimmer. I attempted a "patriotic" poem which was short but I think relevant. I also created a poem about being a mom, I hope the layout of the words catches the attention of a mom or really any parent. I clustered words to encourage faster reading and made caps points that can be taken as a shout at perhaps a child as instruction or the internal dialogue of the mom as she runs around all day. I really had fun with this assignment once I let my pens guide be th experience of my heart.
I hope the reader (s) enjoy. So far the people I have shared these poems with enjoyed them, but they may be biased since they understand me.