... Yeeeeeeees... I know!! There are no end of ripostes and retorts I am setting myself up for here! :)) K xx

INTERSPACE OF WORDS


Silence is what I like best:

listening to the shrugging
of the overcoats of words
flapping in the breeze,
shaking off the dust
and heavy snows
of misinterpretation.

Or I like to watch the light reflect
off sleekly tanned syllables;
the gloss and sheen of smooth vowels,
l-o-n-g and s-l-o-w
when they think they’re naked alone.

And hushed verbs at rest, lolling inactive.


The language of quiet
is what I hear most –
the sound of the voice asleep.

I love to investigate its meaning,
prise apart its teasing as it
cajoles my mind to play;

I grease it down, strip it
to its artful true intent,
applying it liberally to heart
and mind and soul.

Strong and absent
are how I like my words best :))