Poetry challenge from Aida Salazar: Take an original poem you’ve written, but change words and punctuation to rewrite it in a different voice, such as a child’s voice, a comedian’s voice, a mortician’s voice, etc.
What a fun challenge to write in another voice. Here is my original poem:
A Second Letter
The Yellow Envelope
contains The Secret –
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Three Days Missing
After The Funeral,
Eat
Pray
Love
as you are Learning To Walk In The Dark
there is A Hope in the Unseen
when you feel Alone
may you find Peace Like A River
Remember Me Always
i’ll be Where The Heart Is
-Kim Johnson
Here it is rewritten, in the voice of a small southern town gossipin’ woman in church:
The Grievin’ Widder
That there cheap pine box
seals the mystery she reckons she’s keepin’.
Talk of the Town!
“A wife and at least a dozen mistresses…..”
“Poor Beverly,” they’s sayin’.
Well, let me tell you – she may be wearin’ her black dress today.
But after the funeral, she’ll go shoppin’ for
Velvet violet
Silver sequins
Glitzy gold
After the funeral,
There’ll be a rich widder runnin’ loose in the town.
Once she’s figgered right,
She’ll marry another rich ‘un –
richer’n the others.
She’ll be keepin’ her black dress ready.
-Kim Johnson
Common Threads 
RESCUED
Once I looked inside
All the darkness that you could not hide
I found you fear noises
Saw you shun strangers
Learned you love living
Knew you’d need nurture
Once I reached inside
I found a friend who’ll remain by my side.
-Kim Johnson