Case Study
A.
If it weren’t for poetry, we would
Essentially huddle behind wooden
Desks all day, clinging to caffeine,
Wondering what’s for lunch.
There would be no bronze leaf
In the street would be street noise
And fleece from scattered pillow
Cases.
B.
If it weren’t for poetry we would essentially build towers brick by brick in
effort to reach the highest
cloud, dialing on the phone. There would be no red moon in the sea would
be water and sometimes
Fish.
C.
IF IT WEREN’T FOR POETRY WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY EAT AND
SLEEP AND SHOWER AND SPEAK ON THE PHONE. ABOUT TEXT
MESSAGING. OR FACEBOOK. IF IT WEREN’T FOR POETRY, THERE
WOULD BE NO
orchid. flame. from the. breath of a.
s a p p h i r e.
wind.
D.
if it weren’t
for
there would be.
from the.
E. A. T. H.
Poem: José Hernández Díaz
Pic: Sissinghurst Lake Keats II by Roger Wright
Pic: Sissinghurst Lake Keats II by Roger Wright
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