Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Charles Bernstein Poem

What Makes a Poem a Poem?

It's not rhyming words at the end of a line. It's not form. It's not structure. It's not
loneliness. It's not location. It's not the sky. It's not love. It's not the color. It's not the
feeling. It's not the meter. It's not the place. It's not the intention. It's not the desire.
It's not the weather. It's not the hope. It's not the subject matter. It's not the death. It's
not the birth. It's not the trees. It's not the words. It's not the things between the
words. It's not the meter-

(timer beeps)

It's the timing.