Tuesday, July 17, 2012

A couple words—how many?—maybe five

A couple words—how many?—maybe five
words in a line is enough. How many words
are in your poem? I start to say the word
in quite a different way, I use the five

fingers of my right hand to write, the five
senses I have provide images. Words
flow out the pen in patterns, rhythmic words
begin to populate the verse. In five

minutes I have another sonnet, in
a moment it reveals itself as a
collection of mere words. Another line

is drawn from me, it shows the world within
myself for what it is, concept of an
unfolding man within restraining lines.

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