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Take Them at Their Words
Renda Writer descended on South Florida’s poetry scene with a rapper’s sensibility and a talent for witty and inspirational brevity. He’s one of five local poets who have opened their hearts and minds, in print and on stages, to readers and audiences.
Renda Writer in his SUV, which also happens to be his home
AARON BRISTOL
I’m feeling pensive. Extensive time has spent, bent at the angle of a swan’s neck. A half of a heart, wholeheartedly searching for another swan’s neck to connect. Symmetrical feather-covered flesh, representative of the love that I long to possess. Two long necks, curved arcs, even when apart, hearts start to mesh. —from “Half Hearted”