![]() I Crafted the OrbA Poem by Ron Hogan![]() free verse.![]()
I crafted the orb
to great perfection. I spent many hours on this thing-- though upon seeing it, the other gods grew jealous. Quickly they grabbed my masterpiece, giggling as they thought aloud of ways to "improve" it. At length they brought it back-- it was dented with valleys and oceans, marred with plateaus and mountains. Life grew, decayed, and fed upon itself. "What do you think of it?" one of them asked me. I retorted, "It is ugly." © 2009 Ron HoganReviews
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3 Reviews Added on October 13, 2009 Author![]() Ron HoganKansas City, MOAboutAnother of these damned biographies that people demand of me, as if knowing any of the numerous insignificant details of the stains left on-- I don't know where I was going with that. Trying to sound .. more..Writing
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