You asked me
 

about poems;
the ones that have say two words then one word a line and no real rhyme or rhythm that grabs you.
Let me explain…
 
The placing of each single word can affect its
importance
for the reader
 
because
the reader has to
pause.
 
Not two paws,
to pause,
to punctuate,
 
linger,
finger poised over the
thought of it.
 
And sometimes a silky mound of sound
catches him
unaware
 
he has to
 
stop
 
stare
 
language in the face,
wonder
about meaning.


* Oonah Joslin likes poetry so much that she has joined the staff of Every Day Poets which formally went live last weekend
www.everydaypoets.com