Reading is so Misleading
Poem by Tui Bevin
Reading is so misleading
sentences, ideas, stories
flow easily when reading,
proceeding from left to right
words neatly in order
giving pleasure, making meaning;
but my words stumble and smash
their way to paper or screen
mindless mayhem, hardly connecting,
needing patience, constant revising
seeking order, mining meaning.
Reading is so misleading.
Dunedin poet, Tui Bevin, is a student at Diane Brown's creative writing school, Creative Writing Dunedin.