Tracie T. Nichols
I am flesh
annealed.
Strong but
jagged. Malleable but
shatterproof. Tempered
young—
exposure by relentless exposure.
Folded, hammered, heated, and plunged,
sixty-rotations-strong. A blade of noticing held
in the hand of a bleeding child.
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Tracie T. Nichols
Tracie Nichols, M.A is a Transformative Language Artist writing poetry poetry and facilitating writing experiences from under two old Sycamore trees in southeastern Pennsylvania. Co-founder of two writing groups, as well as a board member and newsletter editor for the Transformative Language Arts Network, her poetry has appeared in Rogue Agent and two Women’s Spiritual Poetry anthologies. More at TracieNichols.com.