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How to Place a Mouth Around Petals

J.L. Littlejohn
Published in
1 min readSep 15, 2023

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Being a poet is not my ambition.
It’s my way of being alone ~Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa)

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Mouthing poetry in soliloquy for weeks while planting
prodding incurious nature (even in quiet)(even past Spring)
even to birdsongㅤfolly’s iterations belittle
though wings thru flowered silence will

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J.L. Littlejohn
Lit Up

Poet/Storyteller ~A Conflict of Words in Tussle With a Pen for a Life of Rhyme. Look for my Poetry on Lit Up