Poems from ktpotter
I'm an artist. I'm a poet, I'm an actress, I like to draw with my toes in the dirt on the sidewalk, I like to people watch, I like to bird watch. I like to find beauty where it's not usually evident, I like to find excitement in the mundane. I like living. I like life.
She was very pretty
So pretty, in fact,
That all of the boys liked her.
I knew a girl
Who knew nothing of the world
Who knew nothing...
Why do I write?
Why does the caged bird sing?
Why did the slaves hum into the cotton feilds?
Why do I write?
What is the point of finding...
Put down the gun
Take a step off the ledge
Come into my words;
I’ll take off the edge
Of living in a world
So thoughtless and cold
It makes...
Women are born
To be seen, not heard
To stay with a flock
To keep to the herd
Women are born
To be born and bear once more
This is a...
She’s like an animal,
Ravaging cities
Taking cars
To their tomb in the sea
Running her fingers
Through the hairs of those she passes...