One Fine Line

Mourn for the departed glory,
For poems that left earth
Unheard, unsung.

Poetry lives in a line, or two,
The rest is merely glue, it’s true.

A bold lone stroke stands not for art,
Nor one fine phrase for a poem.

When I see now, what passes for it,
It saddens; emboldens me a bit.

For who now crafts their one fine line
At a time,
And then, one more?

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