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“You Met” by Erin Delk
That handshake was an earthquake.

Melted welder’s hands
embraced by soft computer keys

Shaking my heart into taking
a portrait stored next to 
the memories of 
pine trees and hide and seek. 

You were fragile, but strong,
like glass that hadn’t quite cracked,
holding on, longing
to say goodbye 
as I hid my teary eyes 
and treasured the gift 
I would remember 
the rest of my life. 



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Metawriting And Fighting The System With Liz Prather and Stacey Reeder

Write Answers is brought to you by the Ohio Writing Project. This podcast is for writers, teachers, and teachers who teach writers. In each episode we pitch the biggest questions in the field to the smartest people in the field.