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The Writers’ Calm
A meta-poem about the writing process.
Mar 6, 2022
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The writers’ calm before the storm
Sits in my palm
waiting till the deluge forms.
Thoughts fall into a breaking cloud
as the squall hits
and drips relentless into words.
I brace myself
In the whirling winds
And in the torrent of blinding brain.
But just as fast,
the storm is gone to gather again.
