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How to Give Birth to a Poem
You must give the poem time. You should never rush the poem or induce labour. The poem must be born naturally, word by word sentence by sentence feet first head first or all at once in a rush, stumbling over itself.
Once the poem is out kicking, screaming on the white sheet, time to cut the umbilical cord.
You are free to test the poem. Count how many fingers and toes it has. Is the poem a boy or a girl? What colour are its eyes? Close your eyes. Open them. See the poem for the first time. Press your ear against the poem's chest and hear its heartbeat - One, two. One, two. One, two.
Dress the poem and give it a name.
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Rules of Poetry
The question posed is, "Poetry:
Define, explain, expound."
Are there rules or can it be
Whatever we have found?
The
Poems,
Rythmn and Ryhme,
Fantasy and Reason,
Burst open in the mind,
Filling the thought space,
With thoughts of Love,
And now it's done
another poem
Some scribbled thoughts
that rant and roam.
A different time
another page
A different date
For a poem to grow the writer must know
How to nurture an idea and develop it so
Words are woven and a message is spoken.
"the birth of a poem"
(written: 5/12/2002)
A river of tears
becomes alphabet soup
as words pour forth
from my soul.
Splattering
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