Housewarming Card

by The Bright Voice

Original EveryPoem Studio house-voice poem.

Here is a wish for the hallway: shoes that come home safely. For the kitchen: one recipe everyone requests. For the window: weather worth watching. For the table: room after the chairs seem full. For the house: may it learn your laughter quickly.
43 words · 10 lines · Free Verse
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