What Is a Poem?
by Betty Jo Tucker — Read all 96 poems by Betty Jo Tucker
Woke up around 2 a.m. last night and couldn't go back to sleep until this poem wrote itself.
Saturday, March 7, 2015
What Is a Poem?
Rhythm and rhyme,
words keeping time
out of their cage
onto the page,
buzzing like bees
in lines like these.
Finding spaces,
scents and places,
longings and fears,
laughter and tears,
a poem must say,
“Come live today!”
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This is a pleasant and peppy poem, covering a surprising amount of material in a brief time. To live, the poem must have heart! I like your style.
Connie