I Am An Old Poetry Machine

The Poetry in me Whole poems are few Broken lines are many Poetic phrases jumble through everywhere A lifetime of reading poetry And of trying to learn and remember it- But what I know inside is small The world contains millions of whole poems Now easily accessible- I am an old poetry machine A not very efficient machine But a feeling machine A machine with a history A machine with poetry all through it A sometime poetry- making machine- The world is my better There is so much more available Than I am or know or can possibly make- I am an old small broken poetry machine Too easy to read Not very special or valuable perhaps But with poetry in me still-