Ribbons In The Sky
for Calling all Poets! An unofficial challenge in honor of National Poetry Month By Natasha Collazo
Ex marks the spot
crossed out and erased
except for webs of memories
hopping in now and then
Bouncing in neural transmissions
nibbling at today’s joy
Blink, blink it away
Spin and shake
X it out again
I signed the dotted line
Breathed in, breathed out
broke those ugly grips
and broken, mean ties
Then, I saw ribbons in the sky
pulling me forward
breaking me out
blasting ahead
not looking back
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Note: I wrote this poem after hearing that today, April 14th, is National Ex-Spouse Day.
Copyright © 4/14/2025 by Andrea O. Corwin
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Comments (12)
Love how took something so mundane and see all the time and interpreted it in a beautiful way.
Lovely poem to go with the photo.
Well-wrought! You always take such great pictures!
Beautiful!
Beautiful piece, and what a great pic!
It seems there is a day for everything. I liked your poem and your image. I love clouds; they are so inspiring.
Love the way ties turn into ribbons setting you free. Fab poem!
Oh wow, that was extremely powerful and your photo is beautiful! Loved them!
The poem feels like freedom! Great entry to the challenge, Andi! Good luck!
Perfect <3
Really good! I liked the line “nibbling at today’s joy” and thought you did a great job on the revisited imagery
I’m guts national Ex-Spouse day! This was incredible. I felt inspired reading this which is exactly the point to this challenge! Thank you! I’ve entered this one! Feel free to keep em coming