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.
