"How to read a Cleave poem?" (from the Cleave Poetry website)
Simply:
1. Read the left hand poem as a first discrete poem.
2. Read the right hand poem as a second discrete poem.
3. Read the whole as a third integrated poem.
Here's my WEP entry: Word Count : 154, FCA
"Please Read the Letter-- A Poet's Plea"
Call for Submissions: Knock.
Knock. Knock.
We are now Closed! I
touch wood for luck—just in case, fingers crossed!
Odd! how rejections, “We
cannot carry your poem.”
folded in soft words—“not for us” pour and pour and
slip through bolted doors: my poetry will drown me – I write it aloud.
Please read the letter (it’s
an attachment)
that I wrote.
I’ve mailed it.
I’ve nailed it. I hope this time, at last, it’ll make it
to your door. They
call them windows
on my laptop. But
they’re always ‘currently closed’.
"We’re closed for submissions.” Knock!
Knock! Knock!
Please read the letter. It’s a poet’s plea:
It holds just one question, of many broken parts. How do I piece together the perplexing pieces of the publishing game?
When will you open up? When will my poetry be seen?
Should my poems wait? Is there hope?
Or should they give up? Please reply ASAP.
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Thank you for visiting and for reading. I hope my poem's theme is clear to decipher.