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​My Next Poem
​by Donna Beumler 

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​My next poem
Will have the scent of gardenias which have just bloomed
But not the scent of gardenias that have turned yellow because then they


No, that’s not it
My next poem will sound like children laughing
Some children, not a lot of children, a lot of children laughing would be


Okay, wait
My next poem will look like people dancing
Women in black beaded dresses doing the Charleston


An entire town
Turned out in their good boots
Line-dancing together in a barn that smells of hay


Or maybe it will be
A tango, the rose’s stem between the teeth
Grace and brutality, passion and betrayal . . . or


Maybe my next poem
Will hurt to write
And badly fail to negotiate the curves


My next poem
Might taste like lemon meringue pie
Or feel like a stranger doing a nice thing for no reason


Maybe the poem
Will be free from all judgment, however
It could fail miserably, or it could be beloved
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My next poem
Will be an open door
And I will run through it, into the dark, smiling

 
     
DONNA BEUMLER           Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Donna is a graduate of UC Berkeley and McGeorge School of Law. She spent many years living and working in southeastern Arizona, in a community which borders the Republic of Mexico, before moving to the island of Hawai'i. Donna is the author of the legal thriller Criminal/Lawyer.
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