POET OF THE WEEK
Jevonne Diljohn
Week of February 26
Back to your body of water collection
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Your body of water
Your body of water isn’t always as lake or pond as you think.
Sometimes it oceans and seas itself for what it is.
Storming words, whirl-pooling thoughts, deep dark gazes, and clashing ways!
You tsunami your way through lives,
Unapologetically storming anything that dare be still.
Don’t stop!
Your body of water
Your body of water isn’t always as lake or pond as you think.
Sometimes it oceans and seas itself for what it is.
Storming words, whirl-pooling thoughts, deep dark gazes, and clashing ways!
You tsunami your way through lives,
Unapologetically storming anything that dare be still.
Don’t stop!
Jevonne Diljohn 28, Seattle
FAVORITE LINE OF POETRY “Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells / Pumping in my living room.” -from “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
DEAREST BODY OF WATER Thornton State Beach in Daly City, California
TO PROTECT WATER I usually walk with bags when I visit bodies of water, and I store my trash until I find a garbage can.
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