Ronald Moran
DECLARATIONS
So, if I want to declare something, a new trick
for me,
should I use Facebook or Twitter or should I try
to write
yet another poem, this time with more insistent
rhythms
than I am used to, and with end-stopped lines,
punctuated,
here and there, with different characters, as in
a dash,
question mark, exclamation point, period, and,
rarely,
a question mark, since almost all of the texts
on how
to write a poem discourage use of questions,
as if,
well, how can readers give a proper feedback?
And
what is sacred about a line being end-stopped,
as in
I hear the honking of a flock of Canadian geese.
Why?
Must they be lost because they honk? O, Yes.
I must stop
declaring, and why do I say, if I wanted to declare,
since
that is the province of those more confident, like
the young,
and why should I declare anyway, being neither
seer
nor prophet, nor talk show host, nor Cable TV
analyst?
Wild Goose Poetry Review 
The older I get, the more I see that poetry is more flexible than any other artistic medium. Go on and crow about it!
Thanks Joan for your observation. I appreciate your reading. Ron
What fun!
And in pattern, too,
Thank you Maren. I’m very pleased that you like the poem.
Ron
Nobody asked me, but I do think to elicit reactions to your poems has to be one of the most pleasurable things about having them published. That tinge of green on my face is envy.
You are very kind. Thank you, Joan.