POEM STARTER

Submitted by Mae Bailey

“We live in a land where the footprints of ghosts linger.”

Use this line to start or end a poem. It can be any genre as long as you feel it fits the sentence well.

Dust

Poetry

We live in a land where the footprints of ghosts linger

Dancing in the dust that the wind puffs up.

Swirling around the ancient saguaros

And singing with them in the black, black night.

The ghosts own the solitude.

We are only welcome if we honor the past

And preserve the future.

The footprints linger.

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Calroz

Always thought I’d be a writer—got inspired after retirement and had a book published. Since then, lots of starts and stops. Ready to put myself out there and share what’s going on in my head!