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Poem of the Month: January 2004
i am running into a new year
i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that I catch in my hair
like strong fingers like
all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what I said to myself
about myself
when I was sixteen and
twentysix and thirtysix
even fortysix but
i am running into a new year
and I beg what I love and
i leave to forgive me
- Lucille Clifton
Journal prompts:
- What greets you as you "run into" 2004? Write out your goals and visions for the year.
- Reflect back on a decade ago, then two decades ago. What were you "running into" then? What was compelling to you? Does what drew you then still attract you now?
- Consider the closing lines, "and I beg what I love and I leave/ to forgive me". What of 2003 (or 1993, or 1983) must be left behind to make room for 2004?
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