Friday, 31 July 2026

Eight Lines on a Page

 

It was quite the relief, arriving at a short poem – a mere

two quatrains long. So much silence on the page,

but just enough noise to take notice.

And then, of course, another unrealistic poet idea.

 

Why not write an entire collection’s worth

of poems with two quatrains only?

Why not? Oh, dear. I thought we were done with these obsessions.

Not to worry, though; it’ll probably never happen.