15 Minutes With Holly

Holly Dunlap has an M.A. in Creative Writing is from the University of Colorado at Boulder. lives in Georgia and teaches creative writing. And this morning Holly is being featured on 15MinutePoet.com.

You told me
By Holly Dunlap

what you wanted to say to your mom
(10 years later, and
you still haven't spoken to her):
"Take your juju guilt trip
and stick that voodoo pen up your ass."

God, that made me laugh.

And that is important, laughing

because the lines on your face
lead to little known facts
about you.

You said you tell me things you don't tell
any
one
else.
I know this is true.
Continue reading the truth...

And no, Holly, I don't see the log in your eye.

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Comments

[Nathan]

This is a wonderful poem. Holly is truly talented and prolific.