Sunday, March 6, 2011

Shards. Are words the shards of a poem?

Portable. Discernible weight. Raised to light. Put in an envelope. Sealed. Or left in a drawer.

Does each word come with instructions? Guarantee? History.


Is any food without history. Or weightless. When garlic is minced, is the result shards of garlic. Do shards come in a myriad of shapes – diced, sliced, julienne. Truly, are shards more verb than noun? Partial to poetry than prose. (Another conversation)

1 comment:

  1. Didn't stick

    the plaster onto canvas
    not for no one in the room
    white on white then circles
    to say it's ancient, always
    the ground to hide it
    to shield it, to make it
    matter when it's dug up
    again

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