A
Book
I’m reading currently
Tells me more
Much more than I wanted to know
Understand, it’s poetry, and my take is a
Cautionary tale on being too
Honest. I mean, some things are better left unsaid. Right?
Yeah, fuck that.
Like MFA also stands for
Many Followers Acquired
Make Future Amazing. (Fill in the blanks.)
Meaning Framed Accurately (For once)
My Filter’s Absent. (Found a new home)
Moon Files Applause (Universal approval)
Mirrors Flash Agreement (It’s confirmed)
Ministry of Forthrightness Affirms (Impeach him)
I rest my case.
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Published by
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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