By Michael Mondo
This poem is about the motivation I sought when writing. Sometimes words don’t come easily, other times they just flow in the mind, like wave ripples; single words, dancing letters, phrase, etc. And all It takes is to capture the first wave of letters before the next can be revealed.
When letters dance to your
graphite spill
you’d know there is more your
pen can spell
I’ve had mine on a
morning of July
like a dog turning
around to lie
been awake doodling
seen them letters shy
Walked my fingers across
flat paper white
In between nigh lines and
night dimmer light
Dare to dance? the
letters charged
Scared to write? the
twenty six marched
up and down the stairs
of pearl paper lines
My fingers that doodle
now write as if they
had a mind to mingle
like wave ripples, aye
Sound of their tiptoe
of rhythm and rhymes
in the silence echo
that spell themselves
Twenty Six Letters
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