How to Write a Poem

Zach Carpenter
iPoetry
Published in
Oct 5, 2021

According to Charles Bukowski…

Photo by JOSHUA COLEMAN on Unsplash

When it starts to resemble a clever arrangement of refrigerator magnets, immediately stop what
you’re doing.

Quit building.
Ignore the voices.
It’s only the wind. Wait…
It
will
come.
Don’t try.

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Zach Carpenter
iPoetry

Railroader by day, writer by night. Spreading the word like a virus.