Hola! This poem is part of my Ars Poetica – BlogchatterA2Z 2025 series, where I explore the art of poetry through 26 stanzas, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. Every day, a new stanza unfolds, building upon the previous ones intuitively and organically. If you’re just joining in, feel free to read from the beginning or simply dive into today’s reflection on poetry.
Stanza 13 of the Ars Poetica—Marry the Metaphor
Marry the metaphor
When words abandon you,
When emotion arrives unnamed—
A tremor in the chest, a breath you can’t quite place,
When the world overwhelms and your tongue falls silent,
Let metaphor be your vow.
Say:
Poetry is the bride’s trembling wait for the first touch,
The groom’s hesitant reach in a room too quiet.
It is not what is said,
But what the image dares to hold.
So when you're lost for words—
Marry the metaphor.
(to be continued...)
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