She said
she didn’t understand modern poetry,
that it was just words
thrown together randomly.
But I replied
that I don’t toss,
I cast aesthetics
on rhythmic waters.
Nor is it random,
more an adventitious eventuality.
She said she didn’t understand
modern poets either.
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Stand, Washington Square Review and Floyd County Moonshine. Latest books, “Covert” “Memory Outside The Head” and “Guest Of Myself” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in the McNeese Review, Santa Fe Literary Review and Open Ceilings.
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