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Scrawling Upon the Nature of Poetry MAG
September 7, 2011
A poem should curl around fingers
like a strand of coarse red hair.
It should whisper moon phases
into open ears.
It should not have readers
but lovers and finders.
A poem should be brittle
but resilient.
A poem should be yellow
like the sky.
It should drive away demons
while reining them in.
A poem should not scream
but whisper.
A poem should be anything
but words on a page.
© Samantha A., Southbury, CT
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