FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: DEAD DAYS Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words dead and/or day, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on November 15th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Dead Days will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 16th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Friday, November 15, 2024

PJ Swift

 What do you do when a mentor dies?


              disbelieve, reject, ignore, complain

                                                                with cries

                        and cry and cry...

                                                  ...until you're dry

breath


        exhale

        reflect, appreciate,

        recognize, celebrate

        regale


learn

        and learn...

        and learn...

                                                  until you die


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