Ars Poetica

A  poem  by  Dante  Dapolonia  ©  2014  

 

Begin with Words In vast array, Placed with careful Specificity. Here and here and here again. That and that And not that, too. Until the page glimmers With Artificiality. Oh dear! Not there! But pare, spare Cut and cut where The words clutter Like fat men in a chorus line Too long. Away you! You will not do, Words Murky in the theatre light, Off key, Awkwardly. Sound as sense, Or not. Hearest thou, or not? And then and then, Silence. The page pure white, As...