Writing Poems Like Portraits
Sometimes,
I write poems like
Drawing a portrait...
Give it a loose framework,
Then fill it out, starting
From the heart-
I always shade in the eyes first
Because they give the paper
A soul-
Always write down the
First words That come to
Mind because I'm trying to
Give the paper
My soul-
Sometimes,
I write poems all at once,
Like a single stroke of color-
Sometimes,
I don't write them at all...
I just whisper them to the air;
Let them evaporate
Like warm
Raindrops.
Copyright © Cameron Hartley | Year Posted 2014
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