Thursday, April 14, 2022

Verselove, Day 13: Joy and liberation, five lines at a time

 

Teacher-writers at ethicalela are sponsoring a month of poetry writing.
All educators can join in, too, at this link!
Stacey L. Joy introduced us to Gogyohka, a free-form five line poem.



Joy and Liberation

My joy is wrapped in simpler packages these days
Found in the quiet of predawn
The birds at the feeder
The caterpillars' mysterious metamorphosis
My body moving as I’d like it to.

There are shackles that still bind these days
Bad habits that have to be broken
Gloomy, insecure thinking
Guilt from having too much
Guilt from not doing enough.

Liberation is found in meaningful discourse
Looking for the helpers
Pants that still fit
Folks pointing the way out
Love that doesn’t quit.


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