{"id":1714,"date":"2013-06-14T02:21:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T02:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2017-07-11T20:45:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T20:45:28","slug":"sizzle-by-dawn-schout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/sizzle-by-dawn-schout\/","title":{"rendered":"Sizzle by Dawn Schout"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fireworks\"<\/a><\/h1>\n

Sizzle<\/h1>\n

by Dawn Schout<\/p>\n

Exploding fireworks look
\nlike dahlias that want to enclose
\nher. He is next to her.
\nShe is so used to being alone
\nthat sometimes she forgets
\nhe is here. They lean together,
\ntheir bodies rosebud petals.<\/p>\n

Sparks fizzle
\ninto smoke before wind sweeps
\nthem away. Their remnants, burned
\nshards of paper, sprinkle onto her legs.<\/p>\n

She never forgets
\nnow that he is not here, still feels
\nthe burning shards he left.
\nShe looks happy in their picture,
\nher lips upturned like a dying leaf.<\/p>\n

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\nDawn Schout’s poetry has appeared in more than 30 publications, including Gloom Cupboard, Main Street Rag, Poetry Quarterly, Red River Review, and Tipton Poetry Journal. She is an assistant editor for Fogged Clarity and lives near Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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