Those so small sisters
travellers with us on this one green globe
praying for the morning light
and the rush to school
move across the land
arc and wave hello
always beautiful, subtly threatening
fade into sunshine
magic happens
find it today
in defiance of the night
sun dogs all
Copyright © 2022 Kim Whysall-Hammond
This poem is constructed as per the instructions over at Dverse today where everything is about endings:
– take the very last/final line from each of your most recent poems and re-write them as a poem
– choose at least 12 poems (for this 12th month!)
– keep each line intact, unadulterated
– you may add preposition, conjunction or change of tense if it helps the flow
– you may use enjambment to break a line
– the lines do not have to follow date order
The Cheesesellers Wife 
You evidently have some impactful last lines as this ‘realigning’ is a pleasure to read – especially that first stanza
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They come from my last four orignal poems on my blog: Cold Cold Night, The Other Nations of the Earth, In Rough Waters and West London 1970s.
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oops – it really should be the very last lines of at least 12 poems of your own or published ones
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I meant that the lines in the first stanza come from those four poems!!
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ah that makes sense now! but truly your poem reads not as found but as discovered!!
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Pure serendipity :)
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we need these ‘gifts’ sometimes!
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I love to find that magic in your last stanza… it would help with that sun
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:)
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The entire poem almost turns into a journey for those small sisters! Well done!
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Thanks Lillian
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These lines speak to me:
magic happens
find it today
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Thank you Grace
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Given the challenge, you’ve made this flow beautifully, Kim, and that sum-up final stanza is WOWZARIFFIC!!!
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Thank you Ron! I’m blown away by being Wozariffic – great word!
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Cool assignment and well constructed . We knew the fodder was brilliant and bingo, proof.
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Thank you Rebecca! That’s brought a smile to my face on a very sad day.
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Glad to bring you a smile. Please email me through the Contact me page if you’d like to talk more about it.
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Very nicely done! I like the way you ended this!
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4 poems? The prompt was at least 12 ending lines so it is a bit hard to critique it – but interesting non-the-less.
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I have used lines from 12 different poems, as per instructions!!!!
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Your poem actually made sense to me! It all hangs together, and that’s quite an achievement seems to me. I especially like the way it ends.
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Thank you Jane – that’s much appreciated!
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It was a difficult exercise, I thought.
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This doesn’t seem like a found poem, each stanza flowing seamlessly into the next and a single narrative throughout the verse. Bravo!
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I only had to move a couple of lines about! Magic! ;)
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Magic, indeed! 😊✨
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A delight to read your magical verses! 👏👏💫
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Thank you Tricia!
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My pleasure! 💝
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beautifully written poem and well paced ; and that last stanza is stunning, something we all need to remember; thanks Kim :)
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Love it, especially the last stanza
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Thank you!
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Lovely poem, Kim, and such affirmation in the final stanza.
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Like a magic spell, finely woven. (K)
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Thanks!
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This felt like one poem, about the joy of waking up in the morning and going to school. You really put it together well. I especially liked the musing at the end.
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Thank you Tanmay, that’s much appreciated!
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excellent, Kim!
So beautiful! <3
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Thanks- that’s much appreciated.
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