Poem a Day, Day 24

This challenge was to write a poem based on a photo. I chose the pictures that my 14 year old chooses on MySpace and other social networking sites as her...

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She holds the camera up

Creating an odd angle

Almost bird's eye

but false

She purses her lips

Is that a kiss or a pout?

And posts it on the internet

for all to see


The corruption of a teenager

in digital splendor?

Or just a young person

finding herself?

Should I be concerned

or elated that she's

expressing herself at all?



-Justin M. Howe