How Writers Write ...

One line I used was: The poise left her body; she was a wisp of her former selfl

My word cloud ended up: poise, noise, raise, phase, craze, trays, poison, sun, son, Sunday, wisp, kissed, tryst, trust, strut, strap strapping, stripping, body, bloody, bound, sound, double left, lpoft, weft, soft, gift, self, shelf, shellfish, selfish

The poem ended up:

Warning from a Wisp

pissed
poise left her
a wisp
poisoned like a dog
left alone
falling
arms flapping for air
falling into a pit of poison people
noise trapped stench
stripped the wisp bare
bloody body
boldness bound now
strut strut strut
no flapping
         flying
                   soaring
imbued persona of Dirty Harry
injected deep deep deep

         You smell like you need your ass kicked, punk

did your ears strap on his rasp?
try again, go on, his voice, not mine, not yours, HIS

         You smell like you need your ass kicked, punk

alone by preference
poison purged
entombed
sunk in the abyss

shiny and new
with a touch of Dirty Harry
I’d watch my step
         said the former wisp