line-breaks, dissonances. Put
it out there for tough-minded
poetry cognoscenti. The folks
who like their poems
sweet and lovely -
flowers, songbirds,
babies –
will wonder what the world is coming to,
but modern readers who are used to
being disturbed, will be disturbed.
They will admire its craft
and passionate humanity.
They will return to it perhaps,
after a time, and feel again
concerned, moved,
helpless.
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