Start with zero symbols, <br />then fall off the edge of the room <br />like an olympic diver yawning backwards <br />gathering imagery from air. <br /> <br />Make all words three-dimensional, <br />tie-dye them with rings of color, <br />chisel the letters from soft wood, <br />use them like flat stones <br />to send skittering across the still pond, <br />or use them to fix a lover’s image in your memory, <br />let her chance upon them on a shelf <br />instead of handing them to her.<br /><br />Michael Philips<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-to-create-the-perfect-poem/
