Listen Down



Voice growl's deep
In the hot dark night
Above vastness
Listen down
Exploring with a howl
Long oceans of fresh wild grass
Magic breezes of of salty air
Devour me
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 154
Words 30
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

Stephen

Stephen has been writing poems with assistance from staff for many years. Stephen has special needs, and decides which words he wants to use, by answering "yes" & "no" questions. Words are found by cutting them out of magazines, using magnetic words on a cookie sheet, and word generators online. Stephen enjoys going to local poetry readings and sharing his work. Some poems take a day, some take weeks to complete. more…

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