Poem: Winds of Change
This month’s cento poem uses two lines from six different poems by three different poets. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to take it in a dark direction or a more hopeful one, so I did both. Citations follow the poem.
Cento: Winds of Change
Dead, I am, but I am also alive.1
If I’ve failed in every timbre, still,2
I’ve forced my skin just as thick as I am.3Because after all the poems,4
remember, a girl & her5
dreams lost . . . become.61 “Walking Wounded” from Poetry of Peace by Cherie Kephart
2 “Creation Story:: Motherhouse” from Belly to the Brutal by Jennifer Givhan
3 “Unhide-able” from The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
4 “The Afternoon of the Slam” from The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
5 “Bruise” from Belly to the Brutal by Jennifer Givhan
6 “Dreams” from Poetry of Peace by Cherie Kephart
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