Monday, April 23, 2012

Roethke’s Poetry Exercise


To kiss hot moons red as ruined cats
A swing is cool, a rock is soft
To say leather mud, to bite a cloud
To bruise wavering slag, a dog as important.

To kiss hard frogs blue as surprise
A curve is hot, a puddle is dry
To say sharp circle, to cut a belief
To bite hot ice, a tree is metal.

To kiss big rice as adorable farts
A bruise is hard, a hand is dead
To say skinny elephant, to burn rain drops
To blink people eaters, to stop a trunk.

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