Friday, March 8, 2013

Why I Write, Part x+179: Fifty Ways to Skin a Verse

You can sew up a sonnet, one line at a time.
You can frame up your argument and cover it in rhyme.
You can write yourself a paragraph, then trim off all the fat.
All poets know the sayings, like the one 'bout skinning cats.

There must be fifty ways to skin a verse.
The problem is choosing which bones to pick first.

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