voice | poetry
by Shannon Laws
I am the grass. Let me work
writes Sandburg
Grass fixes a battlefield with memory loss
Pile up your second-hand mistakes
bodies of unfinished work
blood of sacrificed Saturday nights
onto this field and wait—
two years, ten
Time heals but grass covers all.
Shannon Laws is a poet, producer, and advocate for the arts. She is the recipient of the Village Books Literary Citizenship Award, with two Mayor’s Arts Awards and the Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award — Community Champion. Shannon is the author of four poetry books, one poetry album and publishes Corridor, a free monthly poetry zine. She lives in Bellingham, Washington. View more posts
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