THE POEM ABOUT THE POEM ABOUT THE POEM <br /> <br />The poem about the poem about the poem <br />Written in dream <br />And forgotten in sleep <br />Comes back to me slowly now <br />As if it had been away on a long long journey <br />And is reluctant to come home- <br /> <br />I write it <br />But it really writes me <br />And when I try to make sense of what it means <br />It tells me its ambiguities <br />Are more important and interesting <br />Than my clarity- <br /> <br />The poem about the poem about the poem <br />Written now <br />May not be a poem about a poem about a poem at all <br />But may merely be my own playing with words <br />Which take the place in my life <br />Of really living- <br /> <br />A poem about a poem about a poem? <br />Surely this is a mysterious thing <br />If it exists at all.<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-poem-about-the-poem-about-the-poem/
