if you’re going to sleep inside my soul
you must carry a restful companion
a primitive cave fire that lights my hand
you must accept wild gypsy words that dance
and artistic expressions in the space
where my mind lives and holds them sacredly
room can be made if you love those things too
Rita S. Spalding has had poems published in numerous anthologies and magazines. Her first book, Abstract Ribbons, was published in 1992. A second book, The Eighth, is currently at a publisher. She has received awards for poetry from Jefferson Community and Technical College, Elizabethtown Community College, National Library of Poetry, Kentucky Monthly Magazine and the Kentucky State Poetry Society. In 2024 she was a presenter at the Kentucky Writers Celebration in Danville and Historic Penn’s General Store, the Last Insomniacathon and she gives poetry readings regionally on a regular basis.
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