Wednesday 12 August 2009

Andrew's Words

Now

as long as sounds

ripple into soft air

he’ll speak extravagant hints

because a tang spilling out from

human centre is an unavoidable urge

 

and when I do the calculation on a jotter,

there they figure – 6 million brilliant words

over a span of 18 years,

timbres of aliveness,

gut power

now.


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8 comments:

  1. Unknown13 August 2009 at 22:51

    I like it. Keep 'em coming!

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  2. Angie Ledbetter14 August 2009 at 02:45

    Nice. The form sang too.

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  3. John Lavan14 August 2009 at 07:20

    It's fun to write words about speaking words.

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  4. Anonymous17 August 2009 at 04:44

    I like these poems. Simple and easly understood. check mine out.

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  5. haiku-shelf (Angelika Wienert)9 September 2009 at 21:16

    I enjoyed it to read this poem!

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  6. KD Belmonte20 September 2009 at 14:11

    Well done... "extravagant hints" ... yes.

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  7. Anonymous20 September 2009 at 14:53

    Words... move the "S" to the beginning and it is a sword... who said that the pen is mightier than the sword? Word play is a wonderful joy and your poem is powerful... Thank you for tweeting it to the world! Miigwitch. Namaste. May I share? http:// randomactsofthinking.com/randomposts.html

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  8. jim19 November 2009 at 08:24

    Just noticed the way the words slowly rise like breath, like an exhalation of expression, of energy. It begins with Now & ends with Now. It has so many possibilities of meaning. A sinuous sort of cycle. Another excellent one. Thanks

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