The Page is Your Stage

The difficult part for writers at any level is starting when all it takes is planting a particle of yourself on the page and watch it sprout forth from the nourishment of your ideas.

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Bare your soul
on every stage
that is the poem, 
the breaking story,
the sudden note,
the silent syllable, 
the unheard typo,
and very quickly 
the hard parts 
will unfurl
so naturally—
like gravity 
ushers down 
heavy rain 
after forlorn 
summers
and a frisbee
losing its wings
to canine fangs—
you'll feel silly 
for e…