A Lesson in Philosophy
I am Plato’s cave Words void Cacophonous silence Meaning wrung out Squeezed Emptiness spills Pulled by gravity Scraping away layers of self. Now I see but a poor reflection. Dare I turn around? Melinda Dewsbury This poem was written for the surprise ekphrastic I See a Darkness challenge. Melinda has been in love with beauty and the beauty of words since she can remember. She grew up in rural Ontario among the rhythms of the agricultural cycle and now lives in Langley, BC, where she teaches writing, literature, and linguistics at Trinity Western University. Although she has written poetry for decades, she has not yet taken the great leap into sharing it publicly. These poems, written as part of the surprise ekphrastic I See a Darkness challenge, mark the first time.
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