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If I Write Down Words

If I write down words
that pour from me like
water rushing from a rusty gutter
carrying my cries in the flood
with decaying leaves and
the smattering off the roof
of droppings from so many
prominently perched pigeons,
is that a poetry of sorts?

If the aged shingled roof leaks
at its eaves (like my eyes)
when wind blows the rain
nearly horizontal and the house
beams creak and  sound like 
corroded hinges when 
seldom-used doors are opened,
has a trope occurred?

And, is anything -- honestly -- 
more than almost senseless patter?
Does it really even matter?

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Jo Hayton

Date: 6/28/2022 1:24:00 PM

I LOVE YOUR LINE ABOUT SENSELESS PATTER, EXCEPT FOR YOU AND A FEW OTHERS, BRILLIANT BRILLIANT LINE LEO. X

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/1/2021 11:35:00 PM

I just read this again and highlighted this line again "is that a poetry of sorts?" to say - IT CERTAINLY IS. Then I looked down and saw that I had already highlighted this line and said the same thing three months ago. I obviously cannot say this enough, and I am redundant.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 7/26/2021 8:52:00 PM

"is that a poetry of sorts?" It certainly is! This is REAL poetry, Leo.

Leo Larry Amadore
Date: 7/26/2021 9:40:00 PM

Thank you so much Caren! I receive few comments but those I do get are usually, like this one, encouraging and I am quite thankful for them!