On Writing A Poem A Day
A brilliant creation
reigns in some hemisphere
of my brain. The left or is it
the right? No matter
it plans to move to the
correct corner soon.
It promised.
In the meantime
I wait in the alley
a cheerful puppy
with a pink ball
tossing it at the wall
needing it to bounce
snap back
so that I can continue to dream.
Perhaps if brilliance reigns
bask in the golden light of acceptance
for a few milliseconds
before the balding critic
pulling my leash
draws me home
to draft
another tantalizing verse
to share
with the world
again tomorrow.
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C. S. De Dona
Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League Of American Pen Women.
Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida.
Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013).
In 2013, Cornelia received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for her poem, "Speaking French."
In 2015 her chapbook "Hawaiian Time," entered in the National League of American Pen Women's Vinnie Ream contest, was awarded third place in their inaugural multi-discipline category.
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