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Secondhand Story

  • Writer: Good Poetry
    Good Poetry
  • Jul 13
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jul 27


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Visit a local thrift store, not as a shopper, but as a storyteller. Explore aisles of discarded garments: peeling leather boots, wrinkled dresses, scarves that still carry the smell of the first frost. Select a piece that resonates with you, then let your imagination speak. Who wore this before you? Where was it worn? Perhaps it was at a wedding, or a funeral. Why did the owner donate it? Maybe they hoped it would find someone like you. Use this clothing as a gateway to a poem. Tell its story: love, loss, joy, or regret. Listen to what the seams are saying and write about its journey. 


Example by Elizabeth Chung:


i. leather jacket

dangling limp, strangled

by the mismatched plastic hanger,

shoulders disintegrating & peeling,

as if she was hugged

to ruination

till time stood still,

till the stars of day & night collided,

till Zeus wept over moldering cobblestones, rot

consuming the courtiers’ cadavers, 

and underneath the wretched earth,

still the lovers embraced

worn with love, love-worn


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