by Shannon Turner | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
my ghosts are tissuesand slips of papertucked into bookshalf-readundigestedlike a mealI was too fullto finishThe morselsrotting, dustyon shelveswaiting for meto returnMy ghostsare waitingfor meto return Shannon M. Turnerpreviously unpublishedunknown time written ~...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
Rain fallson a Sunday afternoonin springCars splash puddlesplaying like childrenin rubber bootsThe rat-a-tatdroplets on myskylight cause me to pull a light blankettighter around my feetAs the clouds squeeze out all their tearsI feel into pain, long-suppressedoverdue...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
Put pen to paperLean in for a kissStrike egg against countertopYou learn something new Train rolls down trackStep on a crackStumble in a dance moveYou learn something new Stand at the kitchen sinkRub foot against ankleDream of ocean tides, hands in sudsYou learn...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 21, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
Slowly, slowlymy days are movingtoward whatI want them to besoon, that tablewhich causes megriefbecause it reminds me of my fatherwill be gone I will arise at dawnand put on a pot of soupstretch my limbslike a plant unfurlingin the light of the window,surround...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, GCDD Storytelling Project
Pleased to share another fun story from the GCDD Storytelling Project published this month in Making a Difference Magazine.
