Notes About The Poem
OPEN VERSE uses spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols relies upon 'the one breath limitation' this intuitive cadence pemits the 'reader' (reciter) to respond in an interpretative - interplay unique to the ' happening

UNUSUAL TALENTS

UNUSUAL TALENTS
austere
  leanings
toward
  impressions
&
recollections 

incredible
  sources
emerge 

laconic
  prextexts
symbolised 
determind
   significance 
a
jocular
  caboodle
elementary 
conserved
   enthusiasm
thirsting
a 
surprising
appeal
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September 30, 2026 at 1:44 AM
A compelling open-verse piece that lets spacing, pauses, and visual placement carry the pulse. The austere, pared-back language suits its meditation on how apparently slight impressions, recollections, and “laconic prextexts” can gather into surprising significance; the shifting indentations make that emergence feel active on the page.
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