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I held a posture
laboring over a precipice:
a page filled with so many planets
verses on the verge of meeting
but they never did
maybe I didn’t lean close enough
afraid of what was there in a millisecond
as they all collapse in a margin.

  1. June 18, 2008 at 8:41 am | #1

    That is a cool thought poem. Great idea, poised, and then backing away, and really well executed. Great poem.

  2. June 18, 2008 at 8:34 pm | #2

    great last two lines…….conjured a wonderful visual in my mind. Love it when poetry does that.

  3. June 21, 2008 at 3:34 pm | #3

    yes well done. love the line “maybe I didn’t lean close enough.”

  4. December 2, 2008 at 7:09 am | #4

    This gave me a strong sense of anticipation and fluidity in the page. Lovely.

    Thanks

  1. November 21, 2008 at 1:31 am | #1