It is possible to learn all sorts of monkey shines in hallowed halls and it takes so many years to unlearn those tricks enough to speak. It is all hard won. A metaphor, a phrase, a bright image, a sentence or two crafted well enough to stand on their own in a digital silence, for an instant.. A miracle.
A prof. told me once you don't go to school to learn to write poetry, a strange thing to hear in a poetry class.
A prof. told me once you don't go to school to learn to write poetry, a strange thing to hear in a poetry class.