by pottygok

Posted to Poetry on 2004-06-17 00:22:00

Parent message is 663008
>This is a very dark place –

Where, exactly?

>Even though the human race
>shows life on both sides

How?

>of the lonely street,
>it’s the truth that hides
>in the night.

What is truth?

>That all seems to make sense
>in the light of day.

The truth does? So why is it hiding?

>There’s life in the cracks
>of every sidewalk,
>Under every stone,
>on every beach.
>You could look under
>these same rocks
>to find the key
>to everything that breathes…

Been reading our Blake, have we? 😉

This is a idea, possibly a trope, that has been executed before. Which does not mean don’t write from that point, just be mindful of that, and try and figure out what are you adding to that tradition, or how YOU can add to that tradition? What, in your life, has shown you this? Where’s the personal in this piece.

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