“Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning / Every poem an epitaph”
Eliot~ Little Gidding
Each writer is a butcher
chop chop chopping to fit the page
bitesize mouth pieces
But you, master of the pen, executed
gorgeous grammar, prose meted out by the meter
just that lightest of sentiment as sonnet
strokes of short sharp shocks
non-committal as breadcrumbs
So when all the alphabets were off
all words scrabbled
dog-eared letters condemned
snip snipped and torn apart
love was rewritten in slivers
Beginning quote from Eliot’s “Little Gidding“* as Paul @ dVerse asks us to scribble some lines about ‘The End’
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I love this, Laura. It is a fine line between editing and ruining one’s original intent!
Love your interpretation ❤
Nice description of the writer as a “butcher” who chops reality into “bite size/mouthpieces”. The sound of the word is more immediate and closer to who we are. They words themselves take us away and have to be incomplete, chopped off bits of reality. I think that incompleteness is good. It allows new poets to keep writing it down over and over again in their own ways.
“he sound of the word is more immediate and closer to who we are” – excellent!
“Slivers of love, recycled” … love that phrase! Good write.
Many thanks Beverly – find endings not easy to get right
Wonderful phrasing to compliment the clever theme.
Finally got to write for this excellent theme!
Great job! I enjoyed the metaphor and the alliteration.
Thank you – The metaphor caught me unawares!