Thursday, 9 November 2023

asemic poem













lines that look like lines
word-like words
and so the story goes
take what you can
and leave the rest
behind

something to say
a message in the medium
in itself a message
what did I mean to say
and did I - do I - dare
and how should I 
presume

that is not
what I meant
at all

degraded
the words bleed
over a virtual page
as if nothing could be
more meaningless
than I know
it is
© BH, 2023

This a poem by way of an explanation. Look up 'asemic'. Curiously, or perhaps typical of a poet, I chose to render meaning down to meaninglessness. It can happen.

The text herewith obscured is, therewith, revealed.


You'll note a wee nod to Tommy Stearns there too…

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