Subtitle

A CONFLUENCE OF DAYS, WEEKS AND YEARS

by Jonathan Vold

Saturday, August 27

Poetry Discovered On A Rainy Day

  Poetry is trying to find
  a thousand words without a camera,
   
  to compose an image, more, to capture
  the message of a chance alignment
   
  will serve you better than your cell phone’s
  snapshot “can you hear me now?”
   
  Poetry is taking the time,
  waiting for lighting, adjusting the speed
   
  and exposure.  I, on a rainy day,
  once found the perfect picture
   
  when sunshine filtered through rolling gray
  to give the raindrops their color.  Now
   
  and then looking for reason
  you discover the art of a thousand words.

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