https://failingwithease.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] failingwithease.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2008-05-04 01:54 am
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Andrea Gibson

Grow

a tadpole doesn't know
it's gonna grow bigger
it just swims
and figures limbs
are for frogs

people don't know
the power they hold
they just sing hymns
and figure saving
is for god
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[identity profile] talullahred.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. Working on it.

[identity profile] iamnotgemma.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
LOVE this.

[identity profile] frozenfrenzy.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
ah, lovely!

[identity profile] daisy-fields.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Clever.

[identity profile] sirfeste.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
that was surprisingly striking

[identity profile] meudail.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
These are the best kinds--short, but incredibly powerful.

What an amazing poem.

Thanks for sharing.

[identity profile] defyingstars.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
That's really powerful.
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