Larry's Blog

SYLLABLES

an - ni - ver - sar - y
has 5 syllables
like 5 ticks
on the mantle clock

an - ni - ver - sar - y
has 5 syllables
like 5 ticks
on the mantle clock

which my wife gave me
after twenty-two years
of married life

tranquillity
has four sounds
like after the storm
when the wind has stopped

and the river
turns to glass
I like words

that march across the page
in - comp - re - hens - i - bil - it - y
( a charge sometimes directed
at my poetry)

the living room clock
begins to chime
so I will end this
on a beat of
clo - sure