They Are Writing You
Nov 23, 2021
For this poem, I combined these two Writers’ Digest exercises (linked below).
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/choka-poetic-forms
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-20
They are writing you (first draft)
By Dafna Hagans-Slezak
They are writing you
Right now: your glum barista,
The drugstore cashier,
The man whose dog you always
Greet with a “good boy”
As you pass them on the block.
Dixon Ticonderogas,
Gold glitter gel pens;
A napkin, laptop, iPhone,
Composition book.
You’re brighter in their stories,
Prismatic, a fiery stone.
