How to write poems…
This evening, as an exercise, I tried to write essentially the same poem in three different forms:
One
Unweave the rainbow
Spread a bright skein of fancy
Across a white page
Two
The page is white,
The pen at hand:
Let words take flight
(The page is white)
In colours bright
At my command.
The page is white,
The pen at hand.
Three
The page is white
The pen at hand
Let words take flightIn colours bright
At my command.
The page is white,My mind a-light
With vision grand.
Let words take flight,In sweet delight
Unwind the strand.
The page is whiteNo more. This night
From mind and hand
Let words take flightTo fancy’s height;
There, let them land.
The page is white:
Let words take flight.
Jane Dougherty Writes 