A Poet’s Nightmare on Elm Street

Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep,                                                            or poetry will follow you. Light slices through darkness,                                    where poets encounter the unexpected. Imagery lurks in corners of dreams                                          like monsters underneath your bed. Elm Street might be shady but, like mushrooms, poems                                                             need darkness to sprout. And poets, there’s no point in cowering                                             and […]