A Cleave poem
| I dissolve | like instant coffee | |
| and artificial sweetener | in boiling water | |
| tasting almost natural | but not really because it | |
| becomes me, | infuses my neurons | |
| even as I recline backwards | with greater force than caffeine | |
| upon my spinal cord | ever did | |
| pensively, | even more so than when I | |
| drink Black Label Brewed Coffee and | wake up to | |
| write | poetry |
How to read a Cleave poem?
Simply:
- Read the left hand poem as a first discrete poem.
- Read the right hand poem as a second discrete poem.
- Read the whole as a third integrated poem.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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Wake up to write poetry – good one David! Kudos 🙂
💙 Soni 💙 – thanks so much.
WOOW!!!!
❤ thanks, Lauretta ❤
-David
This one is really good. I think it’s the concrete imagery and great verbs (“I dissolve” – so good) that really make it work for me.
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Love this form David.. that fake sugar will certainly dissolve you-:) 😝
yeah, I know, I know….!
😂😂😂
Thank you David🙂
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Nice one,
I personally love the sound of brewing coffee
But this instant was necessary
So you can dissolve into writing poetry
that’s a perfect play on words, Abi!
❤
David