Epigram ‘n Aphorism Samwiches

five words (and poetic license)

five words (and poetic license)

do i know why i'm being pulled over? not usually.
poetic license? i've got it in my billfold here somewhere, officer.

This sentence has five words.

Five-word sentences are fine --
monotonous the longer they go.
Listen. Hear what's now happening?

The sound of five drones.
Needle, needle, needle gets stuck
on a record that repeats.
Our ears demand variety. Pauses.

Listen.

Vary sentence/line length, and music.
Pleasant rhythm, lilting with harmony,
sings with:
short lines, and
lines/sentences of medium length, and sometimes,
when your reader is rested, engage

with a considerable sentence (within the lines),
burning with energy, building with all the impetus
of a crescendo, the roll of tremorous drums, and
crash of clamorous cymbals -

sounds that say, listen to this.
It is important.

Five-word sentences are fine.
This sentence has five words.
You can have a chorus
with five words per line.

Just maybe, poetry sings louder,
if you take some license
with five words per line.
I think it sounds fine.


1.8.23

inspired by Cubby newsfeed offering today:
"Note: Daily Writing Quote [Image #2272216] ..."

part redaction poetry, free verse and some poetic license of my own