When I write poems
with a pen, pencil
or when I wrote them
with a typing machine,
I always align
the text on the left
side of a page
like this
because that was
how it was done
in the poetry books
I read and because
it just felt and looked
'right'; but on the computer
it started to feel less 'right',
so much empty space
on the centre where
I felt 'something' should be,
and then reading Michael
McClure I encountered
his poems centred
on the page, looking
so odd at first, feeling
very much 'wrong'
to my gaze and mind,
but trying to centre
my poems on the computer
screen it felt 'right'
from the beginning.
But if it doesn't feel right
for you, dear reader,
just copy the text
and align it with the left
side of a page, it's
written to work both
ways, or do what
you want with it -
after all, a poem
as written by its
writer is intended
to be just a starting
point for the reader,
who can do to it
whatever they want,
making it their own,
just a start, a beginning
place, for their
own creation.
25.04.2025
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