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Tresha Faye Haefner's avatar

Wow. I read this one twice. Both times the last line got me!

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Dana Kinsey's avatar

This poem cuts deep. The repetition of "blue" in the audio is so striking. That last image will haunt me. 💙

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Tresha Faye Haefner's avatar

I know. I want to make this a prompt: "Empty as...." how many similes does it take to get to something as fresh as "empty as the inside of a wrist." ?

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SWWIM Every Day's avatar

Great idea!

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Tresha Faye Haefner's avatar

I've already been thinking about this and revising some old rough drafts appropriately : )

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