Saturday, April 25, 2009

One Single Impression:One Word

Poetry

To say a thing that you can't say with words
by slipping it slantways into another thing
as when he gently punches his friend's shoulder in parting.

(I wrote this for One Single Impression)

4 comments:

SandyCarlson said...

Thanks for this, Marilyn. That is exactly what poetry feels like sometimes.

Marilyn said...

Most of my poems aren't very poetic but I like them. Anyway, I wrote this after thinking about the way a friend complained to me that he didn't get why poetry didn't just out and say whatever it had to say.

Travis said...

Wow. I never thought of it that way, but that pretty much does describe a lot of poetry.

whall said...

You confuse me so.
I still don't get it at all!
Punching shoulders? Whaaah?