National Poetry Month Challenge - Day 7

Today's challenge was to write a self-portrait poem.  On any given day, I have many selves ~ I am multi-faceted.  This is just a glimpse on the day I wrote this poem.  See if you can figure out which poet my title is inspired by.

Today I Am Emily

Who Are You?

Living many lives

in many countries

can lead to a certain

Transcendental Homelessness.

My accent is neutral,

but I can put on a pretty good

South London inflection –

and don’t get me started on

my former, Long Island accent.

Where I am from

is the here and now.

Cast no spells –

I will not transform into

frog or princess.

You don’t know who I am.

Chameleon poet –

I wander in and out of words,

weaving stones with nylon thread.

I slip through fingers

like a fish out of water,

which I always seem to be –

neither here nor there,

I try to be everywhere.

Always observing –

always the people watcher

at the café table

sipping wine –

wondering what

life I could create

for the young woman in green tights

or the man in the sweater with holes,

weaving from side to side

down the street.

This is who I am.

I am nobody –

I am known.

Cristina M. R. Norcross

Copyright 2014