To The Sea

Some say you should

start a poem with a

title

just write the words

at the top of the page

and begin

as if a poem is a

waterfall and the

title is the edge

of the cliff and

the words will spill

over the edge

once they begin

to fall, splashing

onto the page,

but I like the idea

of starting without

a title, wandering

aimlessly across the

page, the words

searching for a path

like a river meandering

through the soft earth

finding its way eventually

to the sea—

which might, in the end,

be the title you were looking

for all along.

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