I AM A POET WHO KNOWS NO POETRY
By ` Vz Vualnam
Writer’s Note : Ommoh man peetmah khawng a lavui khawng kigelhgelh kha mawk inchin, i gelhte bang hon kitaakkhe nuam laitei saam, huci kawmkaal a asiam khat in a diklouhna khawng thei a ana guuknuih heuhuau ding bang leng nuam ngellou, huaiziak in thil dang bangmah ka taakkhiat nawn ma in hiai in k’ong kimadaal phot di…
I Am A Poet Who Knows No Poetry
I know not how words rhyme
Nor how meter matters
Nor how iambic hops
Alliteration, assonance,
Metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia-
None my acquaintance
Yet words pour out of mine heart
And put them down I must
And form them in no form
If thou thinkest them contemptible
A garden needs no artificial flo’er
Nor a valley artificial breeze!
©Siamsinna leh Vakiangbu
Writer’s Note : Ommoh man peetmah khawng a lavui khawng kigelhgelh kha mawk inchin, i gelhte bang hon kitaakkhe nuam laitei saam, huci kawmkaal a asiam khat in a diklouhna khawng thei a ana guuknuih heuhuau ding bang leng nuam ngellou, huaiziak in thil dang bangmah ka taakkhiat nawn ma in hiai in k’ong kimadaal phot di…
I Am A Poet Who Knows No Poetry
I know not how words rhyme
Nor how meter matters
Nor how iambic hops
Alliteration, assonance,
Metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia-
None my acquaintance
Yet words pour out of mine heart
And put them down I must
And form them in no form
If thou thinkest them contemptible
A garden needs no artificial flo’er
Nor a valley artificial breeze!
©Siamsinna leh Vakiangbu
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