Untitled and unending - John Grey

she was adamant

poems should be untitled

why give

the game away

before a line is read

and no punctuation

because flow is all

and capital letters

are so pretentious

so lower case your way

through love and politics

and you'll come out

the other side

with self respect

intact

no long six syllable words

no latin phrases

no references to greek myth

plain english

gutter english if you have to

and as for snappy endings

she twisted up her lip

and said

Bio:

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Orbis, Dalhousie Review and Connecticut River Review. Latest book, “Leaves On Pages” is available through Amazon.