Sparks by Miller Laffoon

 

Austin holds a tiny woman.

Not everything in Texas is oversized.

Big things come from small people.

Sparks start fires.

Houses are forever changed.

Austin holds a tiny woman.

Tito sparked the fire.

Soma poured everything into him.

Big things come from small people.

Letters to words, words to thoughts,

silence to freedom.

Austin holds a tiny woman.

One single person,

in the state of Texas.

Big things come from small people.

Way beyond the board.

Homes blazing with the fire of voices.

Austin holds a tiny woman,

who made big things happen for countless people. 

Sparks create explosions. 

Ruhi Khanna

Fun Words Wrong Letters (a pantoum by Pablo Hernandez)

 

Get it. Can't seem to get it. Again I’m feeling

Each try is falling down. I may slip and not get there.

Waking to freedom eagerly, but revealing

my addiction to fun-sun-run words. Aware

each try is falling down. I may slip and not get there.

My hands try to get each letter, breaking

my addiction to car-star-far words. Aware

that my long-buried hope may be waking.

My hands try to get each letter, breaking 

the failed steps to find the letters. Find

that my long-buried hope may be awakening

Force my hand to say the word that is in my mind.

The failed steps to find the letters find

hope inside that makes me always try hard.

Force my hand to say the word that is in my mind.

Get it.  I will get it. Feeling not so confined.