POEM A DAY

I could show you a poem a day

present to you the greatest of my works

or the latest

and

within a week you would know everything you needed to know about me:

My schemes

my meter

my timbre and tone.

You would know my thoughts and my fears

my plans and my plots.

You would see repetitions and redundancies

assonance and alliteration.

You would easily discover my limits

both high and low.

I could show you a poem a day

and that's all you'd need to know.