(Directive Affirmative!)
Inclusion
I reached out to the wrong person
and had to make a transition
to find humanity
a friend for my poetry
at Poe Cottage
He listened
first to my friend the musician
then to my never ending
idea of connecting
to create a night of poetry
at Poe Cottage
He’s written
stories about our community
and organized its history
including some teaching
manifesting our right to write
at Poe Cottage
He waited
for the people that journeyed
to a wrong location
and directed them here
walking them to Poe Cottage
To write poetry
I’m thankful
He listened and gave me
this new beginning
it’s about education
gracing kindness at Poe Cottage
in our poetry.
-2024
