The Edge of Dreams

The Edge of Dreams

Words             g

                        n                                              at the edge of DREAMS

                        a

                        w

t e a s e                                    t a u n t

catch me if you can

wake & wait

                        yearn

                                    for those

                                                                        elusive lines

RUSH      of

                        t

                         u

                          m

                           b

                            l

                             e

                              d                            thoughts

sudden                        s  c  r  a  m  b  l  e                       to spit words                                    OUT

to scribble words

                        o

                        w

                        n   
      

spill the

                                     R  i   P  p  L e  S                     of                                 SONG

In lesson three of my online writing course, one assignment is to write a poem using the whole page. I must think about how to tap the page's white space and resources to surprise the reader with expressive moments, using gutters, margins, headers, footers, fonts, etc., without taking up space merely to use space.

This poem "The Edge of Dreams" is loosely based on an excerpt from "Writing Poetry," a poem I wrote in 2011, published in The Calling, A Collection of New Canadian Poetry.