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again to fight

11/27/2014

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how many students
have I lied to
about their right to expression
and their ability to be heard?

for this truth, I will find a way again
to fight

©Erin Croley
(from an #UnspokenEchoes Twitter prompt)
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maybe

11/27/2014

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I cannot scream louder,
cannot make you listen
but I can act,
and with my body, maybe
you will see yourself
unravelling

©Erin Croley
(from an #UnspokenEchoes Twitter prompt)
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this is privilege

11/25/2014

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It was difficult to process the events that unfolded last night, during and in the wake of the "Ferguson Decision."  So, I did what I do when I can't think...I write poetry. 

this is privilege
my city is burning
and I, removed from birthplace,
from the beautiful contours
of conflict and friendship,
am safely tucked away
for the night...
this is privilege.
the internal convulsions
reverberating through my body, seeking sense...
this is a calling
I cannot ignore
but don't know how
to let it escape (act).

©Erin Croley
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a different kind

11/24/2014

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breath hitched
legs weighed down
with a watery iciness
resistant to any friction

this is a different kind of cold
yet I'm still drawn
outside

©Erin Croley
(from an #elixirpoetry Twitter prompt)
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blended

11/23/2014

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I am not productive
within these blended confines
of work and family and me, but
I get to be "mommy"
and that is almost enough

©Erin Croley
(from a #HeartSoup Twitter prompt)
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In flight to Vegas

11/15/2014

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In flight to Vegas

I decide it's the petite blond
reading Nora Roberts and listening
to unknown music through headphones from her pink-cased iPhone
who is responsible for the waves
of disturbing flatulence,
so strong I cover my nose
with my sleeves.

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stumbled upon

11/14/2014

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winter mornings
with an air like
mountains and fresh water
should be stumbled upon
in the space before coffee
and savored
until the bottom of the cup

©Erin Croley
(from a #ThatPoetrySite Twitter prompt)
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your song

11/14/2014

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I've been staring at my guitar a lot lately, wondering when I'll pick it up to awkwardly play again. I'm pretty sure it has started to stare back.

your song...
construction-paper words
"guitar" and "guitarra"
beat a blue and yellow rhythm
against your body
like Kaki King, but
dust across the fretboard
and this blur of time
have become
your most played song

©Erin Croley
(from an #iBlyrics Twitter prompt)
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flagstone

11/13/2014

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Inspired by a good night's sleep and a quiet morning looking out the window with coffee in hand and kids in bed...

my body is flagstone
fit together over once uneven ground
to define this space, 
it is a stillness so divine
it could be mistaken
for silence

©Erin Croley

It's a work in progress, just the beginning, but someone recently said "a poem is as fragile as a dream" and I couldn't let it escape without knowing more about it.
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uninhibited

11/10/2014

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hair curls wildly...with help of products

the world mine to shape...over firepit dreaming

passions consume...from inside out

but me uninhibited...(always craved)...is unrealized

©Erin Croley
(from a #HeartSoup Twitter prompt)
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