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Poem #4 MY FIRST PUBLISHED POEM

Writer: Rebekah NigroRebekah Nigro

*Note: This was originally published in LAMP Magazine, 2019


Golden–hour, Puddle–jumping

Today a yellow turtle

splashed into water

only among fish

becoming agile

that slippery Olympian

only slowing for

n o t h i n g at all.

To finally know

of quickness—

here.


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