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.