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Celoron, NY, United States
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~Sylvia Plath

9.20.2011

branchedoutwisdom

Deciduous
By Laura McCollough Moss


Hey tree
I like the way you look
rubber stamped black
against a celophane sky
fine black limbs
big leafy branches below
tiny ones reaching heavenward
You are there
all day
while I am working
swaying in the sun
sheltering birds
looking beautiful
I just want to
lie here
smell the warm
fruity
dryer vent
clean clothes tomorrow
All is perfect


9.10.2011

fullsupportwisdom

Keeping Abreast
By Laura McCollough Moss


Eleven
first stretch bra
creeps up to your armpit when you
raise your hand
Fourteen
self-conscious
what's everybody looking at?
Eighteen
feeling cocky
go ahead and look,
everybody
Twenty-five
nursing babies
form meets function
Forty
first bra over forty dollars
need the lift
the girls are heading south
Fifty
cancer
fuck
all these years attached to
womanhood
who will you be without them?
strong
healthy
beautiful
alive
you're the woman, Baby
they're just boobs

9.01.2011

bridgewisdom

How About It
By Laura McCollough Moss

I don't know
it's risky
change is
unsettling
but stagnation is
devastating
On the one hand
comfort
competence
loyalty
On the other
adrenaline
beginnings
growth
possibility
Don't you do it-
hang back
fold your petals with the setting sun!
 open wide
in your best colors
and shine
shine
shine