“The Poem That is Like A City” by Fiona Farrell — Commemorating September 4, 2010 & the Earthquake Years

The poem that is like a city

This poem is like a city. It is full of words.
Doing words. And Being words. And words
that compare one thing to another thing
and words that hold everything together.
This poem has a high rise at its centre with
a view across the plains to the hills.
It has a CBD and CEOs and a thousand
acronyms whirring like wheels. This
poem is going places.  It also has small
prepositions where people pause, drink
coffee and read the paper. They go to
and from and sit before a...