Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Picking

You slash at the sheet
to the margin’s surprise
like a scythe felling wheat
while chaff plainly flies;

a calloused pursuit
will hinder the yield
of tantalizing fruit
once foraged afield.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What fantastic imagery! I often feel this why about my own writing.

Anonymous said...

This is amazing. Deeply said, deeply touched.

S.L. Corsua said...

Now THAT is taking (muscle) action. ;) Cheers.

rch said...

Hi beth, thanks, I was trying to capture my frustration (or release it depending on how you look at it)

Hey Noah, I appreciate that, thanks.

Hi soulless, long time no see, I'm so glad you stopped by and thanks for the comment.