Today, we talk to our words. From #NaPoWriMo:
And now for our prompt (optional, as always). Today, I challenge you to write a poem that addresses itself or some aspect of its self (i.e. “Dear Poem,” or “what are my quatrains up to?”; “Couplet, come with me . . .”) This might seem a little meta at first, or even kind of cheesy. But it can be a great way of interrogating (or at least, asking polite questions) of your own writing process and the motivations you have for writing, and the motivations you ascribe to your readers.
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metaphors, i am glad
to have met you
you let me remake the world
let me shape it softer or harder
than it is
o, simile
i quite like you
so like a smile
but in secret
you suggest more gently
inviting the reader to agree
but always implying the opposite
giving the reader the option
that maybe
things
aren’t
the
way
you
say
they are
but words
this poem is just words
and what are words worth?
i’ve had it thrown back to me, a ball
in a game of catch
like a potato
in a game of hot potato
it’s only words, was said, using,
ironically
words
to express just how little the words meant
but don’t they mean everything
the whole world
ex nihilo
fiat lux
and it was good
Words and Feathers 