Poetry Terms

Sometimes the perfect word
drops in like annunciation, powerful
unplanned: this is called Speaking in Tongues

Sometimes the words flow unhindered
meandering like a river and with a river’s music
until a dropped pebble shows no ripple
recognizable: this is called Dream-write
(also called a Draft)

Usually the words are dug dry like rocks
from the ground, shallow or deep
the best ones mostly buried and bigger
than you think; they are absently dusted
and put in the bag, or rejected and tossed
or maybe turned over and over, scrutinized
for the one hidden vein of beauty:
and this is called A Good Day’s Work

 

Off-prompt, NaPoWriMo Day 10, for Jenifer.