• Poetry

    Poem 11/29/2022: An Evening with Poets

    An Evening With Poets
    by Nina M. Holmstrom

    I follow a path once traversed by school children
    to an old brick building.
    A turquoise door opens,
    one by one we enter.
    Older voices that recognize one another and greet with a familiar laugh.
    We push tables and chairs around
    the room until they form a square.
    My feet shuffle underneath me,
    I take the seat furthest away.
    Her mouth opens and she reads the first poem.
    I listen like a school girl enamored by a cute boy
    telling a tall tale.
    Her accent moves me and I wait for the next word to be spoken.
    This poettress that beckoned us to come.
    She makes it sound so easy.
    We write.
    We share.
    We sculpt words together as a group.
    We edit.
    We create.
    We are poets.
    For one evening,
    we are the eachother’s muse.