Sunday, June 24, 2012

Conjugations




CONJUGATIONS

A poem has
no grammar
but the slow
conjugations
of mind and word,
of lines that heave
and quicken,
stains on virgin paper.

7 comments:

  1. very nice poem. it's so nice to finally be back commenting again. hope all is well your way. have a great night~

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  2. You couldn't have put it better. The first time I'm visiting your blog, and I quite have started to like your poems.

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  3. Just shows how poems can be mesmerizing for the creativity is original.That's the attraction. Nicely written Karen!

    Hank

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  4. I like the "slow conjugations of the mind and word." You've captured the magic and new way of seeing and understanding that is part of poetry that works. Thanks for this poem.

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  5. Finally someone else who understands the grammar of poetry! Rules are only rules if you choose to think about them and I don't...err what were we talking about?

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  6. Evocative rendering of how writing a poem can FEEL, well, conjugal. . . Thanks for posting this richly layered poem for our enjoyment.

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