In the world
I am one of the many
a distant stranger
wrinkled face
gray goddess.
Just like you.
It is a daily challenge to be noticed.
To be recognized, near impossible.
The special moments are few and far.
When they come
I feel gifted, energized
my spirit soars
until my inner editor
a fanatic
delivers
another sucker punch.
And as the blood drains
from my muse
it reminds me of
a spangled, lone star tick
who has cracked my code again
the equation elemental,
silence the fanatic.
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Cornelia DeDona
Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters Member-At-Large 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 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 2016 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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