Renee Nicole Good

There may be poems

unpublished,
hidden in a spiral notebook,
lines that will never finish
their quiet confession.

The pen that wrote them
held an empathy

too heavy for the world.

Her imagination, vast and untamed,
burst into a ballad of bullets,
its echo reaching
far beyond our hearing.

The verses that remain
will stand in for her,
will try to carry her voice

and must,
now.

While the country rages,
one less poet lingers,
one more leap
toward unrest,
and the hush of
more
tragedy
in a world
that does not yet understand.

Reviews

[Lorry]

As if her losing her life wasn't bad enough, the shooters own body camera fas made a liar of Trump and Vance too. She even said to the guy its not him she's angry with, its the situation she found herself in. No doubt it will be labelled fake news (again) and dusted under the carpet. Or just perhaps America will begin to see him as the despot he is and get him the he'll out of the Whitehorse and into a nice coat with wraparound sleeves and placed in a nice quiet room with very bouncy walls.
Well, someone has to stop him Making America Groan Again!

[Relic]

Thanks so much for this comment, Lorry. :)

[Chris Shaw]

Awful occurrence. Saw it on the news over here in the UK. Sadly she will be remembered by the harsh way she met her end. Your chosen words here describe that in a vivid way.

Chris

[Relic]

I appreciate your comment, Chris. Thanks.

[John the Baptist]

A ghastly tragedy, this one. I just finished reading your comment about having the feeling Trump won't finish this term, and I have had the same feeling for some time now. Whether by biology, assassination or the 25th amendment, Vance is going to get a promotion. Not that he's a great improvement, but at least he has a semblance of sanity.

[Relic]

Thank you for the comment, John. Trump has been looking haggard lately to me. We'll see.

[Samuel Dickens]

Yes, her voice is silenced now, but I hope her unjust death will bring change, and justice! The orange menace will surely burn in hell.

[Relic]

Oddly enough, I've been having this feeling for the last month that Trump is not going to finish his term. I don't know why. Anyway, I'm still getting logged off your page as well as two other people.
Thanks for the comment, Sam.

[Thomas W Case]

This reads like a reckoning more than a poem. The language is blunt where it needs to be and ceremonial where it hurts the most. “The verses posted will replace her” is a brutal truth—poetry as witness, not consolation. I like how you refuse comfort here; there’s no redemption arc, just loss, theft, and the uneasy duty of words stepping in where a voice was silenced. The final line lands hard because it widens the lens—this isn’t just personal tragedy, it’s collective damage. Necessary writing. Unflinching.

[Relic]

Your comment skills have improved dramatically Thomas, thank you.

[Thomas W Case]

I have time...lol

[Relic]

Any comment I make now will feel inadequate. lol

[Thomas W Case]

don't get used to it...lol...I still like...superb and brilliant...when I'm rushing out the door...or my cats are driving me crazy because all 3 of them are in heat right now.

[Relic]

All 3???? You've got a lot of work ahead of you. lol

[Thomas W Case]

fodder for writing...as if I need more poems about cats, they have made it in my last 3 books...take care, my friend.