Why Attentions

Philosophy of leaning ear.

Because she may speak in wind one day,
water in another, and in stone the next.
And when she sings through all in chorus,
I want to hear.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

6 thoughts on “Why Attentions”

  1. Emily Pratt Slatin 🏳️‍🌈 – Middletown Springs, Vermont, USA – Retired Career Fire and EMS Lieutenant-Specialist, Writer, and Master Photographer, living in Vermont.
    Thomas Slatin says:

    “When I write my words to speak, I wish you’d let me in.”—Thomas Slatin

  2. Bartholomew Barker – Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
    Bartholomew Barker says:

    I want everyone to hear.

  3. AdamFenner – Adam is a Full-Time Husband, Father, and Accountant, who moonlights as an author. A retired veteran of the Marine Corps and the National Guard with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. His poetry has been published in the Military Review, and he has published several prose novels. He lives in Georgia with wife and three children. 
    AdamFenner says:

    Beautiful.

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