TDP: Ponderable and poem for Saturday, April 24, 2010
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Alan Harris
Apr 24, 2010, 1:53:44 AM4/24/10
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Truth can be
stranger than fiction, but poetry can be stranger than either.
Nine Steps to a Poem
Get born.
Have a confusing
non-fatal childhood.
Grapple with religion
and let it think it won.
Work at a job that has
nothing to do with poetry.
Be amazed at how people
can act the way they do.
Revel and fail in love x times
before a settling occurs.
Struggle with y dilemmas
and escape z threats to life.
Fail to let go of an idea
that fails to let go of you.
Hold onto your pen while
the poem writes itself.
*******
Get born.
Have a confusing
non-fatal childhood.
Grapple with religion
and let it think it won.
Work at a job that has
nothing to do with poetry.
Be amazed at how people
can act the way they do.
Revel and fail in love x times
before a settling occurs.
Struggle with y dilemmas
and escape z threats to life.
Fail to let go of an idea
that fails to let go of you.
Hold onto your pen while
the poem writes itself.
*******
Alan Harris
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