poem, poetry, writing, truth

BEYOND BELIEF

poetry
is carbon footprint

it is my
considered impression
that

whichever way
you elect most carefully
to slice
and dice it

Mr Wordsworth Wordsmith

poetry is truth
raw heart-
beating truth

and so
carry on regardless,
living your life of forge-
and-foundrey, lathe
and plane,
hammer and
chisel
metaphor

I’ll stick to my position
close my ears to your
never
gets new no way
open to revision
(with
surgical aural faith
grace and
precision)

stamping this on
all that I rhyme, all
you
cannot recall,
still
fail to see:

poetry is
truth

true
imprint

poetry is that
thing with

power
beyond belief