Actions speak louder than words.
Instructions for an action
poem in your hand.
I. Write the following words so
they cover some space on each page.
II. Or use your own words.
III. Or some of both.
IV. Think springboard.
V. Let yourself feel the edge.
I remembered the poem
like an action
that day they let the first
eighty European starlings free
in Central Park
on March 6th, 1890
then the words escape me
the images drag me deeper
something like a dream
(now breathing is heard)
Valerie Sonnenthal joined the Cleaveland House Poets when she moved to the Vineyard in 2006, She publishes Errata Edition Books on Books series and can be found cooking, swimming, listening to writers, and walking her dogs when she is not teaching or studying Gyrotonic movement, how our feet behave, and any ironic poetic thing.