My assigned poets for week 11 were @hazem91 and @hartfloe

Here are my critiques on their work respectively:

Hardship and Ease

Scales

The poem I chose to highlight this week was by @theverve called Contrary to Popular Belief

The main reason I chose this poem was more personal than anything else. As most of you know my husband passed away about 7 months ago. The following stanza has renewed my hope and really helped me look at my life through a new lens.

Contrary to popular belief
It's not every time
That you find yourself alone
You've been dumped
Helpless and alone
Perhaps you've been planted
Bloom

This is how I have come to view this whole challenge and all the connections I have made and poems I’ve read. This community is helping me to bloom. You have no idea how much it means to me. Thank you deeply.