July 30, 2024 - “Summer Has Nearly Begun, and Summer Is Nearly Over” by Alivia Francis

Yes, indeed.

A brief embark

A burst of passionate sincerity

Crying out into the dark

"And after that another"

Yes, indeed.

Bare-legged

under an umbrella,

Trudging home

After our dance

"Once upon a time we were Europeans"

Yes, indeed.

Held together by tangled roots

We turn for home the future coming,

Now it's so clear,

"I remember, I remember"

Yes, indeed.

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I am continuously inspired by the lives of those around me, as well as by the several lives I feel I have accumulated within myself during my 25 years thus far. My poetry is a collection of my tumultuous thoughts that are feverishly and sloppily written mostly in pen, and mostly when I am least expecting them. I frequently attend poetry readings at The Music Inn and have a collection of personal zines that are soon to be self-published under my name, as well as a few small unpublished collaborations with other artists. — Alivia Francis