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[jenniferratcliffe]

Of Natural Cause

Paint drips on

Colours we used to love

Spilling silence to the wild ones

All tamed in aged grunge

.

I watched a sparrow

Hawk scavange

Empty nests

For creatures who were long gone

.

These things are little

heart jumps

Suffocating and captivating

Rolled into one lump sum

.

I am tired

As I watch the wind blow

Falling towers of life

Whispering to and fro

.

Life will quilt me

As I go

The time is near

I know

.

Why and how

Never find answers

Unplanned

Like most natural disasters

[womenwritebloom]

Thanks @lostlit for these fabulous photos from our magical @womenwritebloom #PoetrySalon #takeover last night at @grumpybert! So beautiful to collaborate with our writing communities and to facilitate a writing workshop & open mic modeled after my salon. Shout outs to the creative couple Lynne Connor & Albert Chau for their ongoing collaborations with community and to their adorable family & to @poetswritersinc for supporting this event. #LostLit #WeBloom #BloomLit #PraisePoetsAndTheirPoems 😍😎😍 (at grumpy bert)

[womenwritebloom]

Huge thanks to Lynne Connor, Albert Chau and @lostlit for tonight’s @womenwritebloom Poetry Salon & Open Mic “takeover” workshop at @grumpybert! I had such a great time facilitating our writing workshop, listening to participants share powerful new work and we even ended with a fierce open mic! Also shout out to our Salon family who showed up to take the workshop, to Lost Lit veterans and to all the new writers I met tonight. Extra special shout out and thanks to Albert for letting us go over time so each and every participant could share work during the open mic! 🎤 Thanks to @poetswritersinc for supporting this event and to Jessica for gifting each of us with a new Poets & Writers magazine. #WeBloom #LostLit #BloomLit #PraisePoems