IF I HAD WORDS
If I had words
For the colors of leaves
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WHEN POEMS BEGIN TO SPEAK / ONLY OF THEMSELVES
When poems begin to speak
Only of themselves
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I HID INSIDE MY POEMS
I hid inside my poems
And made a shelter there
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ENVY IS AN UGLY THING
Envy is an ugly thing -
Genius is not given to everyone-
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FAR FROM WHERE I AM/
Far from where I am
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A POEM CAN BE WRITTEN IN FIVE MINUTES
A poem can be written in five minutes-
But what kind of a poem?
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I WAIT TO HEAR FROM WITHIN THE WORDS WHICH WILL MEAN ‘POETRY’
I wait to hear from within the words which will mean ‘poetry’
I listen to myself
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I WAIT TO HEAR FROM WITHIN THE WORDS WHICH WILL MEAN ‘POETRY’
I wait to hear from within the words which will mean ‘poetry’
I listen to myself
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I HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE THE SILENCE
I have nothing to
To give the Silence-
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