Poem -

Head of the fish

author
Hervé Deleu
Head of the fish

Let nobody tell you
how to write poetry
who only eats
filleted fish
misses the taste
of the head.
 

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Poetry Genre: 
Narrative
Topic: 
Freedom
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Yiyan Han

Very true Hervé! This is the best advice for any new comers, and a friend poet in China told me many years ago as well.

Ideas and meaning are the soul of poetry.

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