Laurence W. Thomas

Think of Me
 
Think of me as stone
when I forget to roll over
in the rush of water,
on a hillside of flowers.
 
Think of me as a flower
as my petals begin to droop
in the hot sun,
on your table in a vase.
 
I may be like a vase
designed to display beauty
made of blue glass
or baked clay
 
like rock.  Think of me as rock
if I fail to move
when you fill me with flowers,

on a hillside, by the water.



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Contributor Bio

Laurence W. Thomas is founder and editor of Third Wednesday, literary arts magazine. A native Michigander, he has published ten books of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, humor, and many poetry chapbooks. Thomas has published widely, is active in several local poetry groups, and lectures annually on poetry at the Lucidity Poets' Retreat in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.