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Drawn and Quartered
by Kristina Woodhill
For you, Charlie,
I sharpened a pencil today,
Chopped off its erasure,
Threw that away
01/08/2015 Author's Note: edit
Posted on 01/08/2015
Copyright © 2025 Kristina Woodhill
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 01/09/15 at 03:33 AM Well stated, Kristine. A powerful voice in its brevity and application to the event that inspired it. ***** |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 01/10/15 at 03:07 PM I've heard said that a pencil is quite content to remain dull and reticent, then the poet happens on the scene and the honing process begins resulting in this fine ode. Then there is the added irony of a pencil finding its voice only to lose its head in the process. |
| Posted by Linda Fuller on 01/10/15 at 07:33 PM I could never be this brave. It's important to me to be able to erase any mistakes I can. (Is this for Charlie Morgan?) |
| Posted by Linda Fuller on 01/13/15 at 12:39 AM (Or Charlie Hebdo?) |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 01/16/15 at 07:12 PM An apt tribute to Charlie hebdo I think. At any rate pointed and ironic. |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 01/25/15 at 12:45 PM The point--the edit--the sense... |
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