This month, I continue writing posts from prompts in the Writing Down the Bones Card Deck by Natalie Goldberg, shared with me by my friend Barb Edler of Iowa. I’m continuing this month so that I can experience the entire deck of prompts. Today’s prompt is to begin the writing with “Don’t ever forget,” and to return to that phrase if we get stuck.
An Old Desk
don’t ever forget
the importance of a pen
and old writing desk
the kind with a felt
writing surface and hidden
compartments above
to tell the secrets
of those who wrote before you
sitting in this space
from their own corner
of the world they knew, not much
different from yours
Common Threads 
I have a similar old desk from my husband’s grandmother who hid secret love letters from his grandfather in the secret drawer. What a treasure.
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