Representative Poetry Online
On this day: August 6th
Random Poem of the Day
1But if you could isolate
2the thinginess
3from its thing
4the distillate
5would be as abstract
6as the slapback echo
7of just-plucked strings
8in the King's Ur-recordings
9for Sun Studios,
10or the pushback
11of a Coke can
12before it gives
13way to your compacting grip.
14Thinginess is the width
15times length times height
16that boosts babies up
17to the eye-lines
18of grownups at dinner.
19It's the doorstopper-
20ability of phonebooks,
21the necessary tubing
22that defines
23the nothing blowing
24thru ducts.
25It's the word "through"
26spelled with "u."
27It's all such
28pure products.