Monday 18 February 2019

Avoidance

by Sarah Thursday


Anything but sit-still
Anything but pencil-to-paper
tell you how I am feeling.
Wash dishes, counters,
deep corners of the sink.
Find every divot
where the paint didn’t stick.
Paint over in different directions
view across angles of lights.
Call a friend, talk, eat, let me
get you a glass, pull up a chair,
cut the grass, make a list,
sharpen the pencils, fold
all the towels, shake out the rugs,
Pet the cat, the cat, the cat.
She needs to be analyzed,
spoken for, comforted.
Shake and shift twist shake
and shift twist. Anything but
sit-still.


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Sarah Thursday, in addition to writing poetry, co-hosted 2nd Mondays Poetry Party, ran a poetry website called CadenceCollective.net, and founded Sadie Girl Press as a way to help publish local and emerging poets and artists. She has been published in many fine journals and anthologies, interviewed by Poetry LA, and received a 2017 Best of the Net nomination for “To the Men who told me my Love was not enough.” Her newest poetry book, Conversations with Gravel, is available at SadieGirlPress.com. Find and follow her to learn more on SarahThursday.com, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.     

1 comment:

  1. You nailed it. Now I've got to get up, check something in the kitchen...

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