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**The featured poet chose the following prompt(s):  Write from the perspective of someone long dead. & Begin and end your piece with a black cat.

softly brushing
where my tabby would
backyard cattail

-Geoff Anderson

Geoff Anderson (of diVERSES) is a poet focused on professional poetry development for meeting personal/financial goals for under-represented poets and creating a platform for sharing the works of multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and under-represented poets. If you’d like to connect or see more from this featured poet, you can connect with Geoff at any of the links below:
Instagram: @diversespoetry
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