M.A. Hastings Poetry

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The Poetry and Pickleball Mix

The Poetry and Pickleball Mix

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The phrase “mincing words”spelled out in scrabble letters is on the left side of a wood cutting board. A chef’s knife lays diagonally across the cutting board just above the “mincing words” phrase.  The letter “P” lays on part of the knife, while the other scrabble letters that spell out “poetry” are mixed in with a pile of finely chopped (minced) white and black pieces.  In the upper right of the picture is a yellow lined notepad full of prose written out in cursive form and a silver and blue pen laying on the notepad.
M.A. Hastings’ Workspace

Mincing Words

To writers and poets

who do 

not their gift 

know it:

May your words be sublime

whether or not rhyme

but weathering time

Helping souls climb 

from lives

not-so-fine

edifying the mind

as rest it finds

from daily grind

in every line.

Whether solace or cheer

May they find it where ever

You put to paper your ink.

To cause a smile, 

lend h…

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