One line of poetry can work like a spell — conjuring a memory for one person and pulling gospel from someone else. A Line Meant, a beautiful project originated by Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Dasha Kelly Hamilton, uses lines from published poems to connect the creativity of neighbors and the humanity of strangers. ✨
How it Works: Whatever the poetry line makes you think or feel, let that be the spark for your own poem. Upload your poem draft (it's best to cut and paste using "CTRL+Shift+V"). You'll have until midnight on the last day of the month to edit your poem before it’s added to the exchange. ⏳ At month's end, you'll receive a poem from someone else who wrote to the same prompt. You’ll be able to view all the poems written to the prompt and mark your "Must Read" favorites.
Analog Option: For writers without internet access or computers, we welcome handwritten and mailed poems. The poem matches will be shared via postal mail. ✉️.
Churns itself into dream floss
Empty chairs make a racket
The galaxy flowers and spins
Into the mumble of birds
Here you still are, slow dancing
Against the grey crest of clouds
Roots are tough as dreams
Blushed with a hint of the devil
Find food for the words
In multi-colored splendor, still
We are magic dying
Somehow it seems like yesterday’s rain
Old rhythms find the hands
Once sweet with aging pears and autumn breezes
Our pulses are the waves, humanity the moon
In the bough of an anxious frenzy
Angels and gods slow to mention who they might be
Every distance seemed like an opening
Until the moon tapped on her window, calling her name
The cool water is hard to gulp down
We tell measured stories morning to afternoon
A canvas full of ocean and song
Unfurl, like petals longing to bloom
Now tilted in prayer, humbled by the river
And holy hot damn, the world is suddenly something different
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