Well received!!!! 🎈 We are blessed to see and feel all of you in your riveting words.

…d and breath
 of his forgiveness,
 until I stick my finger
 in the wound
 in the God-man’s side.
 
 Writing poetry cracks open
 my chest 
 to expose my beating and bleeding heart,
 to brutally resuscitate the dimming light
 of my battered and dying soul.
 
 Writing poetry is the fearless
 grasping of trauma and pain
 as a chisel
 to carve meaning out o…
Why I Write Poetry
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Theodore McDowell
Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
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Aug 7, 2024
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Written by Scarlet Ibis James 🦩
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I am a writer, reader, essayist, published author and editor. https://www.scarletibisjames.com.
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