About Alexandra Heep

About Alexandra Heep: The internet has allowed allowed Alexandra to maintain a semblance of life when encountering an unexpected, lingering health crisis. The Internet is a lifeline which not only allows her to remain connected to friends, but also survive, via writing.While Alexandra Heep is her pen name, she does not hide behind it. Instead, she used it to brand herself on the Internet and to create opportunities.

Alexandra published her first book, a collection of her best poems, on July 11, 2012. You can buy it at Lulu.com

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Voices

This poem was inspired by a word bank posted by Kat Apf. The words were: rhapsody, well, tennis.


They want you to decide

between left and right:

You're too liberal! You're too tight!

You're not straight! You're too narrow!

Their voices cry out

in a never-ending rhapsody

of ill-harmonies.



Again and again

they lower their buckets

into the poisoned well

hauling up more insults

to be hurled back and forth

over the thorny net

on the tennis court of life.



… While the clay is cracking

underneath us all.

(If you are looking for  my A-Z Challenge posts, you can find them at my other blog)

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