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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Spirit of Words

Poetry is
The essence
Of language
Oceans of words
Distilled
To a few lines
Not one word
Out of place
Not one extra

Grapes must pass
Beyond juice
Beyond wine
To become brandy
So must writing
Be tended
pruned
aged
To achieve poetry

Write a novel
   Cut it to novella
      Slice it to short story
         Pare it to flash fiction

Only then
Can you remove
The chaff
And call it
A poem

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