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winter driving

1/7/2015

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snowfall leaves a trace,
the lines rolling like wheat tops
over roads,

dry crystalline flakes grow
across my windshield,
elegant and (maybe) dangerous

©Erin Croley
(from a #capturedpoets prompt)
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roads we travel

1/6/2015

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with a fierce sun
and icy roads,
we travel to avoid
the chin chafe of a coat zipped high

and opt instead

for the cheek burn of cold wind

©Erin Croley
(from a #capturedpoets Twitter prompt)
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fly away

1/6/2015

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the delicate peel
of a clementine
resting whole in my palm
is often enough
to carry me to Rome

in another life
they were designed to
fly away

©Erin Croley
(from a #WrittenRiver Twitter prompt)
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the moonlight

1/4/2015

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at 4pm
he didn't need the moonlight
to fall asleep
only the road's constant hum

but now
near midnight
the streets are too icy
so I'm hoping my heartbeat
will suffice

©Erin Croley
(from a Twitter #HomoAquarius 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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endless lights

8/8/2014

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nothing was said
but twice I sang
as John Cusack held his arms
up to my car stereo
so Peter Gabriel could transform
that simple route
into a path of endless lights

©Erin Croley
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tide of night

7/30/2014

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a crow's nest view
of the Croatan Sound
trades blue for grapefruit
signals the tide of night
and lures us
to the water's edge
for (just one more) sunset

©Erin Croley
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unnatural nature

7/25/2014

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I was introduced to the poetry of Michelle Boisseau when her husband was a professor of mine at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He was an energetic linguist who made me love the OED and diagramming sentences so complex we had to paste paper together across a classroom wall for them to make sense. He mentioned once or twice that his wife was a poet, so I investigated and bought one of her books. Understory. It is her second book, and quickly became one of my favorites. This poem, unnatural nature, was inspired by Blood Sonata from Understory.

Written long before I had my own children, it highlights a belief that each new adventure started, or part left behind, was some sort of "birth". It was like starting over. But this isn't really what becoming a mother is like at all. When I gave birth, I didn't begin again, I reconnected to my past more concretely. Like the double helix of our DNA, my life as a mother now spirals upward connecting to all the people and moments that defined me, over and over, through multiple dimensions.

To be honest, I don't really like this poem. I'm not sure where I was going with it, or maybe am just too disconnected from it, but I do like what it reminds me of.  I'm not sure it will remind anyone else about anything at all, though. Every time I open up this post, I make a revision to it. Who knows which version you are reading. 

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driving through georgia

7/14/2014

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window down
feet on the dash
leaning back against the rest
I close my eyes
and hope my husband wakes me
if we pass roadside peaches

©Erin Croley
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new harvest

7/13/2014

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it's time to replant
these highways anew,
harvest billboards, and
reclaim
the view

©Erin Croley
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