moist

moist

moist
like anxious palms on exam day

moist moss
green and sticky
climbing up terraces

most clothes
smokey air
blazing alarms

moist dirt
clinging to sneaker soles

moist hair
tied at nape of her neck

moist mildew home
sagging under its own weight

moist baby
punching head first
from nine month captivity

moist eyes
tears refusing to fall

ramblings

i believe the prompt with this one was to pick a word and start every sentence with it

i picked moist, because it’s just that type of word, and i just went with all the things that would be moist

icky sticky wet moist

would i claim this to be poetry, why not

it’s a writing exercise but if i say it’s poetic then who are you to tell me wrong. it’s signed leighann nicole rather than Leighann Darville so poetry it must be

at this point im just here talking to myself on my journey of self discovery

toodaloo!

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    […] what i do know is that there are a few people that would shake their head if i showed them moist or senses upon sense and said that i’m ‘published’. even i […]

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