Pam Webb

POM: April 10

There are a handful of contemporary poets whose poems resonate with me long after I’m done reading their words. Naomi Shihab Nye is one such poet.

A boy told me
if he roller-skated fast enough
his loneliness couldn’t catch up to him...

heylookawriterfellow on April 11, 2016 at 6:10 pm said:

Oh, that’s heartbreaking.

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cricketmuse on April 12, 2016 at 12:14 am said:

On the flip side he is being proactive in distancing himself from discomfort.

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