I have no use for odic legions, <br />Or for the charm of elegiac play <br />For me, all verse should be off kilter <br />Not the usual way. <br /> <br />If only you knew what trash gives rise <br />To verse, without a tinge of shame, <br />Like bright dandelions by a fence, <br />Like burdock and like cocklebur. <br /> <br />An angry shout, the bracing smell of tar, <br />Mysterious mildew on the wall… <br />And out comes a poem, light-hearted, tender, <br />To your delight and mine.<br /><br />Anna Akhmatova<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-have-no-use-for-odic-legions/
