Poetry: Dictionary

/ Caitlin Stern

Sometimes it’s fun to make a poem into a certain shape–so long as you don’t pick a shape that’s too complicated.

All those words together... it's kind of magic. Image from WikiMedia by alex756.

All those words together… it’s kind of magic.
Image from WikiMedia by alex756.

Dictionary

The tree grows

It grows, the tree

Each leaf, each branch

is cluttered with lots of little words

that

fall

softly

to blanket the ground

4 thoughts on “Poetry: Dictionary”

  1. Lovely, Caitlin! I’m always happy to wake up to a poem, and yours are especially inspiring. This one is as beautiful to look at as it is to read. Thanks for sharing with us.

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