I am a poet. It has been in my blood since birth, or possibly in my mother's womb or possibly deep within my Father's blood or Grandmother's and spilled into the DNA that made me long before it made me.
I used to publish almost daily on my poetry blog. You may find my poetry at JulieJordanScott.com It has been a long time, though, and I am thinking perhaps this particular adventure in Summer Blog Challenge is a call to reawaken.
The poem I share today has been sitting dormant in a notebook of mine where most of my poems have been living lately. I never stopped writing, I just stopped publishing. Perhaps my feeling of vulnerability was stronger than the compulsion to share myself and my words freely.
That being said, thank you for reading... and I would love, love, love any thoughts, comments and conversations - simply so I will know you were here, you read, and you care enough about me continuing to say something.
Flagpole
She watches as the others
raise her mistakes on the flagpole
at dawn
Her spine withers by
midmorning coffee clache
Where is she Where are you
where are we safe?
Where is she Where are you
Where are we running to and from?
A wise mother asks, "What have
you ever traveled toward more
than your own safety?"
The tarnished bronze ropes
rip holes in her skin and
scramble her memory
Did the others ever lower
her mistakes on the
flagpole at dusk?
PS - The Wise Mother referred to in this poem is poet Lucille Clifton, whose words are included in quotations in the poem.
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© 2012 by Julie Jordan Scott
Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She leads Writing Camp with JJS & this Summer will be traveling throughout the US to bring this unique, fun filled creative experience to the people wherever she finds the passion & the interest.
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