Sonnet 076
Laijon Liu 20160430
Why my poems are so
barren, not poeticized
Lack of music, rhyme
and stunning images?
Why I refuse to edit
and trim each line
Make them sound
smooth and look great?
Why I am lazy to use
my twenty dictionaries
Spend more time to
look for fancy words?
Why don’t I present
myself the best, perfect
So exotic, so
learned, so magniloquent?
Because I believe my
honesty persuades you
There is melody in
thoughts, magnetic voice
There are beautiful
landscapes in plain verse
Composition is living,
a spontaneous improvise
My poems for you are
love letters
So I must write to
you truthfully
