Inner judge

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“Inner judge”

 day upon day

(I’m stacking them up)

waiting for a decent something,

so many lousy poems

* * *

written

by me

that stick

to me

like grease

* * *

I’m stacking them up

(waiting day upon day)

for a decent something.

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Poetry Must Fly

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“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.” Plutarch

What is Poetry?

Poetry has no definition. It is a series of words that contains thoughts and feelings,it is emotive,
it is story, it is life condensed into a rhythm or metaphor. It should evoke emotion, define a hurt,
celebrate a victory, it should speak for those who cannot speak, it should paint a dream or a hope,
it should be like a wicked thunderstorm and a spring rain simultaneously, it should never lie flat
on a page,it should never hem in the reader but rather it should swoop down, grasp the reader’s
heart so both reader and poem can fly together.

Poetry Must Fly!

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