Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Mikaela Castledine #62 I like my poems to have a shape

i.
I like my poems to have a shape
it's somewhat elliptical
not a visual configuration
more a kind of synaesthesia
as if you felt around each poem in the dark
and the colour of it was round

ii.
I like my poems to form a shape
they go for a wide run
come back the long way
like a working dog
come in behind
after some little diversions
I set each one off with a  quick gesture
then when it has gone to the very limit of my reach
whistle it back to the start
where it heels with a nip
sits panting
pleased with itself

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