How to Read a Surrealistic Poem

Just like real life, some poems don’t make sense, at least not immediately. Like the problems in my high school algebra class, there is an unknown factor represented by the letter ‘x’.  If you carefully work through the equation you can discover the value of ‘x’....

Where I Am From

Where I am from there is no river. There is a river, but that’s not where I’m from. Where I am from there is no mountain. There is a mountain, but that’s not where I’m from. Where I am from there is no ocean. There is an ocean, but that’s not where I’m from. Where I...

Nice People

Nice people like me ruin the world. You wouldn’t think so, but it’s true. People who can start wars often do and nice people say they shouldn’t. But when called to come, nice people go. Nice people don’t get rich by robbing banks. But people who own banks get...

An Explication of the Poem: ‘Reading a Poem’

The poem Reading a Poem was posted on PBT April 21, 2020. In RED below are some of the thought I put into the poem. Maybe this will help readers get your thoughts out..   If you read a poem and like it, don’t worry. Read it again. ‘Like’ is a lightweight...

Reading a Poem

If you read a poem and like it, don’t worry. Read it again. If you read it again and still like it, give it a rest, then read it again. If, on the third try, the word ‘like’ does not does not strike you as poorly chosen and wrong, throw the poem away. Don’t read...