Linger Longer, Dear Reader

A poem about savoring poetry

K. A. Bennett
Nov 2 · 1 min read

Linger
just a little longer
and soak into the words —

they haunt and heal,
taunt and squeal

with emotions splayed
on an empty page;

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K. A. Bennett

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a poet and artist, mother, nature-seeking lover of the profound in the mundane

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A collection of poems and prose.

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