We Real Old

We real old. We

bell-tolled. We

dilate. We

stagflate. We

sing thin. We

shake Schwinn. We

shit-doled. You

stuff gold.

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Grief, desire, revolt, wonder. Start where the poem meets your life.

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From aubade to zuihitsu, 207 definitions of the forms, figures, and schools that shape the line.