A Good Poem Is like a piece of gum that gets more flavourful The more you chew Its sweetness – When it’s sweet – Is never saccharine or sugary But like ripened apples plucked The more you chew The more you want to chew And see and hear and feel and Taste within the garden and without A really good one, though, Should have a warning label DANGER: Poems may suppress the appetite for prose ________________________________________________________________________ Emanuel E. García, Sinking In, One Hundred Poems, 2013 |