Poetry Reading in a Southern Parlor

As I heard it…

Kristie Darling
The POM
Published in
Oct 14, 2020

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Her voice lands on my hearing
straight as rain plugs prismed lawns in a windless drench

She speaks detached, simple wisdom
trailing diction behind her heritage

Sings soulful secrets sown by girls of every age —
fertile epics buried in muddy tropic bloodlines, needled into…

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Kristie Darling
The POM

Core Beliefs: We are students & teachers to each other. Giving & receiving are the same. There’s a time & place for spontaneity. My poems = stories, unless not.