I hope Irene is still celebrating her 10th bloggiversary over at Live Your Poem, because I don't want to miss the party and my life has been--well, a little wild lately.
wild, all right--
in all the most ordinary ways:
the wild,
mild weather,
the threat and wet,
the unexpected,
microclysmic climate
change
wild, all right--
the wild
child changing,
the wrest and test,
unapologetic
shut-the-door-I'm-changing
change
wild, all right--
the wild,
piled letters,
the "better," "best,"
the unrelenting,
college-bound suggested
change
wild, all right--
the wild,
whiled passage
the ebb and flow
the unremarked
minute-by-minutiae
change...
all wild
all change
all right
Some of my favorite bits from your poem: microclysmic, the wrest and test, the wild,
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Nice wordplay! Are you going to the play or game tonight? If you go to they play, maybe I will see you there.
* the (not they)
ReplyDeleteThe phrase "all right" has so many layers and meanings in this poem, Heidi. Oh -- stanza #2 is so familiar.
ReplyDelete"Wild, all right" is a soothing refrain despite the detailing of the wild change in your life, Heidi. I like the line "minute-by-minutiae change...", but not how it feels. I echo Laura's familiarity with stanza #2. =)
ReplyDeleteI like the wild child changing...
ReplyDeletefor many years with children, every year is a wild year of change
but good.
Hope you have time to breathe soon!
I love the voice, Heidi, so loud and firm, at least to me. Hope all is calming some times. "minute-by-minutiae" - good.
ReplyDeleteThat "Shut-the-door-I'm-changing" is all too familiar. Love this wild word play. A masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteNever too late to be wild, IMHO. Sometimes loosening the reins is all we can do. Hang in there, Heidi!
ReplyDeleteHeidi! What a terrific pattern and rhythm you've created. And though my boy didn't go through the wild child phase, he was a changling, which was both bittersweet and curious to live through. Wild, indeed. Your poem and Irene's celebration remind me of the beauty of wild.
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