up words

while i wait to see if my old muse will circle round again, i continue to pose these older poses, which won't hurt you, unless you're allergic to being allergic

there's a song

under any heap

of syllables

                      sleeping

i like lines taut

cattle barbs corn

weighing raindrops

is my wet work

up words

                  unite

you on the end

                              couple-up

Reviews

[Ruth]

Beautiful structure here...I found it a welcome pause to wander through :)

[Ed Hart]

thank you, Ruth, nice to see your face....

[d]

quite syllabically enjoyable

[Ed Hart]

i am pleased that you were entertained

[barleygirl]

Very interesting pile of syllables . . . I especially love the part where there's a song underneath (so creative & true to life!) Even tho you say you like your lines taut, these look a little looser than the way I'm used to reading "taut" . . . and "cattle barbs corn" feels like a shorthand glimpse into word uniformity . . . all in all, an original description of word play.

[Ed Hart]

early poem...thanks for the read, and seeing the play of it

[Terpsichore]

And you couple them up quite superbly.

T

[Ed Hart]

thank you Mr T, nice to hear you knocking on the door

[...]

And that"s why I'm here...X

[Ed Hart]

that works for me

[Bacchus]

stuck myself-
glad things are just sleeping...

hoping to get through that heap

[Ed Hart]

there are all kinds of heaps in life...words, well, their kind of like pick-up-sticks...thanks for stopping by

[Nisreen]

Makes one think of all the songs that exist in words we speak or write

[Ed Hart]

in the political world, even after the words are sorted into frameworks, they're still heaps, don't you think...sometimes, in poetry, they become sparkling chains of stars

[Nisreen]

I would opt for The latter

[Renée]

A fun read Mr. Hart.. I enjoy that it closes with a sweet, uplifting ending

[Ed Hart]

thank you Renee, i think you are sweet and uplifting

[SkinlessFrank]

couple up words....a cozy declaration of language-love ed

[Ed Hart]

a cozy declaration your own self...thank y ou

[. serah .]

-- your words are infinitely poetic and infinitely puzzling, Maestro Ed... -- for me, reading a poem is an experience similar to watching a short feature film... made by someone who is supremely skilled in wielding words... and finding something poetic in my own thoughts is like discovering a new orbit in a new space...

[Ed Hart]

i appreciate that you never tire of my repetitious self, thank you serah

[. serah .]

-- not at all, Maestro Ed... this post of yours somehow inspired one of mine... it's titled 'equation or ensemble...?"... i'm serious when i say it's a privilege to read you...