Play, Day 25

a poem a day in the month of may

play

“Play with me,”
he asked, tears
welling up in the
deep recesses
of his blue eyes,
asking me to
step back,
to step in,
to forget the
world’s most
delirious pains
for just a moment
to have a
cup of tea that
only exists in our
imaginal world.

Then we lay down
and close our eyes,
our breathing 
steadied alongside
our hearts that
have played
and played
and played,
that have tried
to remember that
this magic
cocoon will
always be there
when we need
it most, when
we are tired
of constantly
pushing against
a world that has
forgotten to play.

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Friends, I’ve got a big surprise for you!

I am hosting TWO poetry reading & celebration zoom sessions!

Here’s how it will work: if you want to read a poem out loud at the celebration, bring one poem along with you. If you’d like to just attend and listen, that’s great!

I’ll open our time with a poetry prompt and 10 minutes of writing, then we will share in the chat about our time together and allow space for folks to read.

I’ve allotted an hour and a half for each event, but that doesn’t mean we will go the entire time.

Please choose one event to attend, as the capacity for each is only 100 people.

I am hoping these two events will have enough capacity for those who want to join!

Thanks again so much for being part of this community.

Can’t wait to see you there!

First poetry celebration is Sunday, June 1st at 1pm ET.

Our second celebration is Tuesday, June 3rd at 7pm ET.

(I will share the links once we are closer to the event)

Photo by Mikhail Pavstyuk on Unsplash