They're about life and how we cope with it
To me, poems are about life strip backed to its essence and how we manage or fail to manage its affect on us.
They can be about how we interact with other people and how we cope with ourselves, our feelings or even our creativity.
Sharing them is an opportunity to connect with others who may have the same experiences or frustrations.
Thirsty work
In this desert
I count the grains of sand
that are the wasted words
I’ve frittered through rough trade
Dunes of nouns
Waves of verbs
Stretch to my horizons
Pronouns clump
together around my
feet
Wilting palms of
poems cast me in
the shadow of
their fronds. Lofty art
denied the succour of clear thought
Seeds dry and
drying, dessicate.
A noble phrase crumbles
in my hand to dust
for want of voice
My throat is dry.