Spend a few minutes looking for a piece of art that interests you in the online galleries of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. After you’ve selected your piece, study the photographs and the accompanying text. And then – write a poem!
NaPoWriMo
Composed of almonds, diamonds,
and the skeleton hearts of our ancestors,
we are indestructible.
We have to believe this.
We must feed upon it.
When our own race cannot face its
reflection,
we shield it with the past — whether in shame
or humility, it is not foretold.
And we invoke the spirit of the forest
that gives us air.
We invoke the spirit of our swaying hips
that gives us life
and warms our deep,
empty bellies.
Praying for survival.
melancholic galaxies 