Let a Face be your First Poem - Dec. 4, 2024

Gary Hunter
Dec 4, 2024
1 min read

new to writing? hold a picture of

a stranger and draft the finer details

nose mouth hair lips chin eyes

the more honest you are

the more the reader

will get a peek inside you

are they scary-looking fun-

loving down and out sad

excited lovable trustworthy?

we of a certain age

have felt every single emotion

have we not?

understand your first poem

and every one after

will carry a piece of you

and by the last one

your readers will know you

better than most people do

by those fragments

they hold in their hearts

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