Some poems I write are meant to be read
So the reader can tell
Red from read
When he reads

Sometimes the sounds
Carry most of the weight
So listening is the
Best way to hear

Sytax has it place too
Especially when
It is taken
Out of

In some of my others
Where a word is placed
On the page is part of
The meaning of the poem

So without seeing it
Appear on a printed page
You wouldn't
*****************************************************************get it

11-19-07

Tom J. Mariani

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-little-very-little-help-with-reading-my-poems/