Word Acts: Out on a Limb
Lawrence Willson's poem concerns thepatience of the poet.
To write, at once to rite
the humdrum
in all its
humming
drumming
glory
&
hoary
grit,
you
have
to
wait
for
word
to
find
you
then
you
must
wait
on
her
hand
and
foot
heart
and
soul