Passion is a Bootleg Trophy (Getting Back to my Poetic Roots)

Yesterday morning, I intentionally slowed down. It’s a much-needed practice but a hard one. I broke out Maya and then poet Taylor Mali’s Metaphor Dice (because I wanted to challenge myself to return to my poetic roots).

I rolled the dice and got this:

I paused and pondered for a good 5 minutes before I wrote anything down. And then I wrote the following:

Writing this was fun! It was, if naught else, an exercise in contemplation before application (writing). Who knows? Getting back to my poetic roots may not be so hard after all!