Elisabeth Sweet (elisabethsweet)

For the past two years, I’ve published weekly on Substack. My following there isn’t huge, but it’s dedicated. Readership is a blessing, no matter the reach. And yet reach, we do. Today I discovered @paragraph and decided to share this week’s words here, first. Cheers! Intercede: a word on my mind lately

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here in the heart of the desert a mind must make its own meaning of the heat bougainvillea spills fuchsia between palms, green fronds slicked white by the sun, mirror the boundless cloudless, clear blue sky cacti catch light with thorns so still, sharp, stuck, dry as the temperature rises, the birds continue to sing yellow butterflies flutter through and make me think of you.

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When two lost souls meet, you get a fairytale or a fable. Which one makes a more interesting poem?

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How does the @paragraph community feel about poetry in the app? https://paragraph.com/@elisabethsweet/hurry-slowly

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