2 poems

by Anne Mikusinski

definition

Art is debatable

At best

If civility is your 

Aim 

For the discussion

At worst

It’s

Raised voices 

And various opinions

Expressed

In sitting rooms

Or noisy bars

Or sometimes

Outside venues

Where people wait

Together

To see the same event

But come away with something

Different.

as yet

Tonight I read 

As if you were listening 

Attentively

While hidden

In a quiet corner

Dimly lit

And undisclosed

But there.

As underneath

An imaginary spotlight

I revealed

My true intentions.

Anne Mikusinski has always been in love with words. She’s been writing poems and short stories since she was seven. Her influences range from Robert Frost and Dylan Thomas to David Byrne and Nick Cave. She hopes that one day, some of her writing will impress others the way these writers have had an impact on her.