Artist name: Caroline Bardwell
Description: This poem is my attempt as a divorcee to combat the current climate of the dating world and the lowered expectations on all sides of propriety and depth in a relationship. The modern era of relationships is self-centered, impatient, and guarded.
Craig Petreikis says:
Judge #7 wrote “I like the repetition of the first line. It’s a nice way to create rhythm and structure, while offering different ideas below within each stanza.”