Ars Poetica
Poetry is an act of omission, until meaning narrows
into one knifeblade moment, dwindling to
a spark. The fine horse trots away
over the distant hill and the
horizon is empty,
the fog falling
just before
dark.
©2002 F.J. Bergmann"Ars Poetica" appeared on logolalia.com/arspoetica/ August 21, 2007.