LIT 150

Author: Shawn Pfunder

I’m glad you asked

A poem is made up of three things: dirt, boots, and flesh. Only one of these ingredients is necessary to make it work; most poets include them all. They can’t help it. It’s like being nearsighted or serenading the moon when it’s upside down. It’s in their blood. Meter, rhyme, form, pentameter? Doesn’t matter. If […]