[NicknamedBob]

Poet-Tree

One finds poems like leaves,
Strewn and sprawling in the path,
Fallen and scattered where they will.
Tiny garments, but if you do the math,

Somewhere the poet-tree stands naked,
Shivering and exposed to stares.
And all that it requires is a bit of warmth,
For buds to form, because somebody cares.

NicknamedBob . . . . . February 16, 2008

[Soaring Feather]

Very nice, I like the way your centering the poem shows the out line of a tree.

As a typesetter, I was taught the only use for centering is for poetry. Many people find it very difficult to read centered text, they claim, centering causes them to lose the beat of the poem. Or it confuses their eyes.

Flush left is used most often to help guide the reader’s eye.