First created: January 12th, 2023
Last edited: January 12th, 2023
what is a poem?
"A composition in verse, rather than prose."
a story to be told.
anecdotes, to and for
the mind
the body
the spirit.
something deeply personal,
fictional or otherwise
as impermanent as
the rain drying on pavement
the wind blowing in the night
the words written on paper.
and the words left unsaid.
a poem is important as
you want it to be
as meaningful as you can
imagine it to be.
it can be anything
everything
and nothing at all.
what is a poem?
"well, what's it to you?"
postscript: this was the first of four poems/writing exercises from a small journal I'd found in my room at home, written in the winter quarter of my freshman year at uni.