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Rouse the Earth

By Erynn Crittenden
February 26, 2024
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Pull back the blanket of fallen leaves
And expose the Earth’s naked form again

Expose the earth’s naked form again
So she can wake up and begin to rise

She wakes up and begins to rise
Thawing each soul trapped in winter’s shadow

Thawed souls freed from winter’s shadow
New lives, born from her bed of detritus

Pure lives rising from their beds of detritus
With a stirring cry of celebration

Even the sun cries in celebration
As the Earth rallies against winter’s grasp

As she rallies against winter’s cold grasp
Earth pulls back her blanket of fallen leaves

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Erynn Crittenden

Erynn Crittenden has written poetry since she could hold a pen. This love prompted her to earn a BA in Creative Writing, where she learned how to experiment with syllables and styles. Since then, Erynn has self-published three poetry collections (By the Bones, Transfiguration, and Into the Western Sky) through Amazon. She also writes and publishes plenty of individual poems on her website, and her work has appeared in the Talon Literary Magazine, the Beautiful Poetry anthology by Silent Sparks Press, the #AmWriting anthology by the Wayne Foundation, and Life Blood: A Collection of Vampire Tales by Gary Hill. Erynn is also the creator and host of the Present Poetry Podcast, where she reads and celebrates a different poet every week. Find it and the rest of her works by visiting her website at LadyErynn.com.

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