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the first song you memorized, singing along, maybe snapping with the beat? Not a nursery rhyme nor lullaby and not the alphabet song. The tune you heard on the radio wormed its way into your soul so deeply, every time you hear it played, nostalgia floods your heart, a strange sense of déjà vu. Maybe you smell coconut and chlorine or even popcorn and pine trees. Memory defined by melody and love remembered within beats. A song for the first kiss, another for a broken heart. The one chosen for the first dance, the other your child seems to know. Which song loops inside your head when you’re not thinking? Is there one that catches you can’t seem shake? How many songs can you sing, remembering lyrics from years ago when you can’t even remember where you left your keys? What song do you hope to hear when it’s all over? B. Elizabeth Beck is the author of the Summer Tour Trilogy. Her four poetry collections include: Mama Tried (Broadstone Books, 2022), Painted Daydreams: Collection of Ekphrastic Poems (Accents Publishing, 2019), insignificant (Evening Street Press, 2013), and Interiors (Finishing Line Press, 2013). Her forthcoming collection of poems, Dancing on the Page will be published by Rabbit House Press in 2024. Swan Songs, her debut collection of short stories will be published by Accents Publishing in 2024. In 2011, she founded the Teen Howl Poetry Series that serves the youth of central Kentucky with a monthly open mic series. For more information about Elizabeth: www.elizbeck.com Comments are closed.
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