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Circumlocution

In a round-about, indirect
Not to dissect but inspect
Alternative means to deflect
From some singular aspect,
Of getting to a point or effect…

I need to be more direct.

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Tom Valles Date: 7/30/2025 7:12:00 AM YES!!! Jay, this is what I love about Poetry Soup, I knew there would be writers like you who would "get" it! Thanks so much for your comments. Happy writing!
Jay Narain Date: 7/29/2025 11:21:00 AM Hello Tom, According to literary sources, circumlocution often signals ineffective or evasive writing—but when turned inward, as here, it becomes a purposeful rhetorical strategy, turning the poem’s form into its meaning

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