The Ideal Poem
by Bill Tope
Reading somewhere
that the "ideal" on-line
poem was just 19 lines in length, I
aspired to
create one that long. How hard
could it be?
This from a poet who pens verses of 100
lines
or more. This factoid explained further
that
said poem was really "about"
nothing at all;
rather, it was "fruitless lyricism,"
whatever
that is. I note that already I've
consumed
some 50% of my allotted space.
I must concentrate, make each word count,
perhaps use words with more than one
meaning; a vocabulary which virtually
flies
of the page. Of course, I could
widen my
lines to 70 characters rather than my
usual
width of just 39. But, I don't want
to cut it
too fine; it must conclude on a note of
clarity,
with some point actually being made. Don't
want to be too obvious, after all. There,
about
got it. Almost finished. Now, that
wasn't so |
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