Poetry from Julie Jordan Scott

Student: Still Silent: A Three Word Wednesday Poem #3WW

The Three Words which make up our prompt this week are:

Breach; noun: an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct; a gap in a wall, barrier, or defense, especially one made by an attacking army; verb: Make a gap in and break through.

Ember; noun: A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.

Tentative; adjective: Not certain or fixed; provisional.

 

It feels dangerous for her

To even raise a tentative hand

A breach of etiquette, a squashing

Of any fragment of hope

Any ember of optimism left

She sits, her hand safely

Tucked in her lap

And waits for someone else

To answer

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Scandal: An Instapoem for October 18th

Gossip drips from the overbite of Mrs. Young

“Did you?” or “Have you?” or “I wasn’t sure if….”

Eyes behind Sarah Palin style glasses widen

Before narrowing, “So inconspicuous” she drones ~

Patsy’s eyes drop from the salacious patter

She finds herself not listening, instead watching

Mrs. Young’s mouth as words are formed

“Heartbreaking” and “puzzling” and

“What about the children?” are molded

By a tendril of an upper lip magically

Forming over enormous incisors

Suddenly

Silence

Patsy hears the echo of an “L”

She believes might be the end of

“Candle”

Confused she looks back into

Mrs. Young’s eyes and replies,

“Vanilla or Linen scented

are my favorite.”

Mrs. Young frowns. Without a

Word, her black pumps clackety

Clack on the asphalt of the

School playground, seeking

a better listener

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