Graceful | Roger Still
They asked me
the most important
feature, and I said
Give yourself the grace
to be imperfect
improving over time
No one gets everything
right out the gate.
growth poems
Novice | Roger Still
Young and growing, I am
the spine trying to raise
up strong, you probably
don’t remember me, but
we used to be the same.
Side Glance | Angelica Fuse
Take
one second
look
see a whole
person
where only
a shell
was before
let a leviathan
surface
bubble with
smaller fish.
Hive | JD DeHart
What if our feet, with
comfortable cacophony, fell
forward together
and what if our minds, at
one time, tuned to each
other so that upon parting
lips we finished each other’s
thoughts, feelings, even will,
always moving forward
always gaining ground.
Pusilanimouse | Roger Still
He’s a cowardly mouse
who hides behind
everything, until finally
he finds that inner strength,
discovers he
knows
how to use an axe (!)
and then overtakes
the small universe
inside the wall.
Cusp | Natalie Bentley
I am on the border
of something new,
an unfulfilled old promise
tucked away, moth-eaten,
now waving
hello again after a long
hibernation.