Page World

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“The trouble with poetry is

that it encourages

the writing of more poetry,”

                    - Billy Collins, The Trouble With Poetry 

An empty page contains

Every possible nuance.

Nouns gather in a circle

As verbs scramble beneath them.

Adjectives pass ammunition . . .

Then everything stops

While the ellipses stroll through,

Holding hands, laughing,

And talking of something else

Entirely . . .

Cowed pronouns huddle together,

Praying that the adverbs 

Can best the dangling participles,

Who seek to breach 

The wall of complex sentences,

Before it all stops

At the bottom of the page.

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