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My Everest

April 29, 2015 By Guest

shaking stacks of mountains
exhume sleeping
secrets

I am small.
I am afraid.
I want to live another day.

my backstreet to bliss
now crippled
agitated
chunked

Why do I run to that dangerous place?

Secrets smolder like last night’s campfire.

—Anke Hodenpijl

Anke Hodenpijl
Anke Hodenpijl

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: National Poetry Month

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  1. Annis Cassells says

    April 29, 2015 at 1:42 pm

    Your incredible poetry never fails to move me, Anke. This poem makes me feel the smallness and worry about the smoldering secrets exhumed. Thank you. xoA

  2. Anke Hodenpijl says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:57 pm

    Thank-you Annis.

  3. Susan says

    April 29, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    Cool!

  4. Terry Redman says

    May 1, 2015 at 6:40 am

    Dramatic and uniquely personal. Secrets amid the biggest mountains; powerful insights. TR

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