I really like this prompt, especially because I have a bad memory. I think I make too much of a distinction between memory/maybe in this poem, but this is definitely worth trying again.
Oh wow. I love your cheeky wisdom. And somehow I see the similarities between you, a mother of so many, and those turtles, eggs and babies overflowing.
Speaking of which, I think I finally placed what your profile picture reminds me of:
Thank you, Mike! And it totally looks like I’m posing to imitate the Mother of Runes 😁. Also, I’ve been meaning to replace my profile pic since it’s five years old; I just like it because a photographer friend took it and it’s way better than my selfies 🤪.
Oh wow. I love your cheeky wisdom. And somehow I see the similarities between you, a mother of so many, and those turtles, eggs and babies overflowing.
Speaking of which, I think I finally placed what your profile picture reminds me of:
https://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=567519&type=card
Though she looks much older than you, in many ways the resemblance is uncanny. Forgive me.
Thank you, Mike! And it totally looks like I’m posing to imitate the Mother of Runes 😁. Also, I’ve been meaning to replace my profile pic since it’s five years old; I just like it because a photographer friend took it and it’s way better than my selfies 🤪.
It is a great picture! Like it’s made of poetry not yet turned to word.
“Even more clearly than the turtles, I remember
how I wrote long letters on long yellow paper
all summer to a boy I met at camp, a boy I liked
with the feverish rush that a week can wreak”
This evokes summer and coming of age and I remember a beach vacation and a crush on a boy I met and we never did anything but send letters… thank you!
Thank *you* for reading it and sharing that, LeeAnn. I keep saying this, but truly, poetry feels a lot like time-travel.
Maybe it’s that today feels like summer here, sun shining hot and the air thick, but I felt like this was my maybe memory.
It’s been a super long day and seeing this kind of comment is such a gift.
That ending gave me goosebumps!
Wow—thank you, Daniel!
Sublime!
You are too kind 😊. Thank you!
Your father will get this in a big way......all I will say for now and that this is beautiful.