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Bonsai Verse
Bonsai verse
Sprouting forth
From buds and shoots of words
Of course!
Following an image out on a limb, chasing it as if upon a whim
Looking for wire to support
This metaphor of great import.
At once its clipped
Tight and
Spare
Occupying little air
Space, upon the whitened page
Or sounds within our audio range.
Bonsai verse
Rigid and contrived
How will the tree live?
Will it thrive?
If cut and prune and bend and chop
Upon its expression we do lop.
Bonsai verse
Your shoots renew
Let us leave a space for few
To assert the inner plant
Not just our structure, but permit nature grant.
Simon C.J. Falk 21 September 2017
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