Hello All. Today we write a love poem, one that names at least one flower, contains one parenthetical statement, and in which at least some lines break in unusual places. We started by reading the poem by e. e. cummings somewhere i have never traveled, gladly before. In honor of mr. cummings, I have done my poem in lower case.
poetry of diamonds
the pacing of poetry isn’t wasted
protagonist pitches woo at the plate
dusting caressing tantalizing
each inning a stanza
each batter writes a line
slicing words out of air
adding time - adding space -
cutting to the quick
hitting bone or
- - - carving a hole in the sky
spectators bloom as lovers
a hill of phlox waving in the breeze
(asters, coreopsis, butterfly weed,
lupine - varieties of local enthusiasms)
come to rest, a lover’s heart on a string.
recite recite to stir the soul -
quoth the man in black - ball one.
