Week 1 words from @treen42: sunshine, tentative, growth, behind and regret.

sunshine streams down
upon her upturned face
drying silver salt trails
on her cheeks

she reaches out
a tentative hand
to touch the sky
hoping 2019
will be a year of growth

and she can finally
leave behind
regret

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Here are the words and my poem for the very first week of the 2019 Poetry Challenge.

It was so exciting waiting for the words; wondering if anyone would send in anything and if I'd be able to write a poem with them. Luckily @treen42 sent me five terrific words and I was able to write a poem. Week one, you are done!

If you want to join the poetry challenge, head on over to my Instagram account where I post the words for the week on Mondays in my story. Be sure to tag me and use the hashtags #2019poetrychallenge and #livepoetsclub. 

If you don't want to write a poem, you can still be part of the 2019 Poetry Challenge. Send me five random words and I'll use them in a poem. Either DM me on Instagram with the words or send me an email (indrani at indraniperera dot com).

Happy writing!