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Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Starvation Diet
12.29.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, today's words by Annmarie Lockhart
Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone
Starvation Diet
By Karen Schindler
The bones of my soul
->Visible<-
Sticking out
under the thin
veneer
of my smile
Karen’s most recent poem to appear at vox poetica was Leap.
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Karen, I love this piece. Just a few words that pack a real punch.
This really hits home. So many times this has been the summation of my life.
Great little poem.
Just to make things clear–I’m talking about someone in my immediate family.