Welcome to My Poetry Site

Poetic Triage

Today a Poet needs to cast
  a hook with many tines

To reel in those who're lulled to sleep
  with cautionary lines

These days a Poet needs an edge
  much sharper than before

To cut through all the excess flesh
  -that blocks the metaphor

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)


Comment On This Poem --- Vote for this poem
Poetic Triage

187,411 Poems Read

Sponsors