So be prudent and
Precise in your verse.
If you get trapped
Take A Nap.
Focus on the finish
Screw the naysayers
They are not your audience, anyway.
Find your niche
Discover your potential
Stay in your chair
And stare
Have a care
Say a prayer.
Show me some toe-curling sting.
Right-winging about
Shout it out
Tease your gait
Beam and state
Loudly and proudly,
Then tie yourself down
Pump up your train of thought
Let her ride
Out on the tide.
And should you get thrown from that train?
Doodle in the corners
Fold the edges
Whet your appetite
Quench that thirst
Expand your girth
State the worth
Then walk away.
Let it sit
Play some games
Train your brain
Clean the drain
Practice, practice, practice
Wake up with a fresh attack
Playback the soundtrack
Kickback with a snack
And believe in the process.
1/5/26
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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 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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