Poetry

What I've Learned about Form

It should shake the tracks like a speeding train.

It should rattle the windows like a blizzard.

It should pin down the sky like antennae pulling in cosmic signals from another galaxy

or it should overcrowd the sky like a bell tower that’s been ringing all morning.

When it opens the cellar door, the insects scatter.

If you trap it in a bag, you’d better have a good bag.

If it’s more complicated than a deli sandwich, I’d order a salad.

Grammar is only part of it but it’s a BIG part.

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