POEM TWIST
The poetry starts out
uplifting and leaning at
just the right angle and tempo
into a story that may have
a lesson attached to it
You feel safe and content
Now it takes a twist to
something or somewhere
with no explanation
No logic can sort out –
this metamorphosis into
deviation and never land
It can and usually does
jump again and then
abruptly slides into a finish
If there is a Guggenheim
Award on the wall of this poet,
the work is proclaimed genius
I feel abused and short changed
What about my work, I think
Full moons are beautiful
I don’t want to leave them
for pigeons who are disguised
as missionaries who meet
way up north in the land of
Svithjod to compare notes
on mushrooming
It’s just not me
Stanski
December 18, 2019 ^
Steve Haarman 