Tom Dylan

World Poetry Day

Here\'s to World Poetry Day

when words count

and stanzas stand tall,

dressed up and showing off

playing up to the flash of the cameras

like film stars

at an awards ceremony.

 

Let\'s raise a glass,

beer, whiskey,

or a nice mug of tea,

to the words

that touch our souls,

that speak to

that small space

in each of us.

 

and says

I undertsand,

I hear you,

you are not alone,

there are others 

that feel the same. 

 

Tomorrow poetry

will be tired and hung-over

craving junk-food

and regretting that

argument with a 

haiku.