Do As I Say, a poem written by Dana Kinsey at Spillwords.com

Do As I Say

Dana Kinsey·August 7, 2019

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Do As I Say

written by: Dana Kinsey

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“Nothing” was my answer most days
It reverbed in passive echoes

“What can you add?” was the question
But “can” and “will” do not share souls
No heart-shaped tree carvings for them

Just know, I teemed with thought bubbles
Smart balloons stretched taut with regret

Same ones you swallow in my class
Locked girl, Caged Bird, sans words

Like Hester Prynne and Stella K.
“Nothing” was my answer most days

Just know, I teemed with thought bubbles
Like all the women slayed in Nam
Except eight engraved on that Wall

Hold not your peace but speak
For you and for me and for Eve

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Dana Kinsey

Dana Kinsey is a teacher, writer, and actor from Lancaster, PA. She holds a BA in English from King’s College as well as an MA in Theater from Villanova University. She is currently a faculty member in the Fine and Performing Arts Department at Lancaster Catholic High School. Her work has been published in Yellow Chair Review, Broadkill Review, Fledgling Rag, Silver Needle Press, Harrisburg Magazine, 717, and Teaching Theatre. Her play WaterRise, based on a poem of the same title, was featured in the Radioactive Festival at the Gene Frankel Theatre in Greenwich Village.

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Simona is a Romanian-born published author living in UK where she enjoys her profession as a radiographer and writing as her biggest passion. Her first traditional published poetry book, Visările dintre castani (Daydreams among chestnut trees) came out this year (Siono Publishing House in Romania). Her writings are posted online on Spillwords, Webcultura, eCreator and Belgium Time. Being a woman, a daughter, a sister, a mother, an expat, a Transylvanian and a Londoner now, Simona is taking the sight to personal life experience with a social writing touch. She is a member of the World Jam, a worldwide poetry and music community based in Nottingham, where she discovered the joy of performing on stage as a poet. Simona’s most significant writing advocates and supporters are her sons who are pursuing their dreams while completing their PhD courses.

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