<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=569191" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Poetry Is Somebody Writing</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poetry is somebody writing<br>About soft rotting peaches, <br>Lying on a table that's missing a leg<br>In a deserted cottage somewhere, <br>With ermine curtains.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And Poetry is someone explaining<br>That the poem holds promise of great beauty, <br>In the seeds of the peaches, <br>Even if they are over-ripe; <br>And even if the curtains are poorly matched.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And Poetry is someone else arguing<br>That the poem is about avarice<br>And wasted opportunity<br>In a post-modern world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And Poetry is somebody else saying<br>A poem is just a still life<br>Made out of nothing in particular, <br>And thus can't be assigned relative values.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And Poetry is the child, <br>Falling asleep on the table<br>Holding a poem book open, <br>Pressed against his cheek, <br>And dreaming of ermine peaches<br>Rolling off of limping tables, <br>In a dark cottage alone, <br>In the middle of an existence<br>Nowhere that we could recognize.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Patti+Masterman">Patti Masterman</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=569191" data-title="Poetry Is Somebody Writing de Patti Masterman" data-description="Poetry is somebody writing About soft rotting peaches, Lying on a table that's missing a leg In a deserted cottage somewhere, With ermine curtains. And Poetry is someone explaining That the poem holds promise of great beauty, In the seeds of t..."></div> </div> </div>

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