A Distressingly Frequent Conversation at Our House
KT: Honey, I wrote a new poem!
Ben: Is it about death?
KT:
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ByktlandonBen: What are you reading? KT: A Dictionary of Poetic Terms Ben: Does if have a definition for poem in there? KT: “poem (from Greek for ‘thing created’): an artistically organized use of language that cannot be replaced by paraphrase….” What’s so funny? Ben: Oh, I think I could paraphrase. KT: Ben: “This sure is…
A Compliment, of Sorts
ByktlandonKT: Can I read you a poem? Ben: Sure. KT: (Reads poem.) Ben: Hmm, that’s pretty good. Who wrote it? KT: I did. You mean you thought somebody else wrote it? (She means: You thought a real poet wrote it?) Why? Ben: Nobody died. KT:
Hey, it worked for Emily Dickinson.