A-H Q

poems that Taste Good

The first time I met A Q
I wanted to B Q,
but I couldn’t even C Q
because I work at D Q
still working on my E Q,
but my girl wants to F Q
because he’s in G Q
and now his place is her H Q.

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Poetry Tip of the Day!

I remember this line from my poetry workshop in college. My professor was talking about the importance of sound in poetry—how every poem should be both written and spoken before shared. Essentially, the poem needs to taste good too. I became obsessed with this idea. Every poem of mine NEEDED to taste good. With most of my poetry in general, but specifically the ones I write to perform, thought has been put into the sounds of the words as much as the lines and rhyme and metaphor and all that usual stuff. Even when I write prose or anything else, I find myself thinking about how the words should sound. How the sentence might flow better not because there’s a better word but a better syllable. Sometimes I’m thinking about it even when I’m talking. Like “damn that felt kinda good to say.” You know? Maybe not. But you’ll notice next time when something you say just comes out buttery. Maybe now you’ll spend a second longer taking that feeling in.

¹art by Pragna Gaddamedi (@prgs.jpeg)

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