Why it’s hard to write a short poem
It’s hard to write a short poem
because everyone who reads it
assumes you picked through the bones
of all the dead poems
you tried to write
to find the centre
of your heart
a tender wedge
raw and perfect.
It’s hard to write a short poem
because everyone who reads it
assumes you picked through the bones
of all the dead poems
you tried to write
to find the centre
of your heart
a tender wedge
raw and perfect.