"I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends."
"Launching our from the ship-- ha, ha! courtship-- Oh the misty matrimonial sea, Let the cable hang lightly, but tie the knot tightly." So the hoary sailors tell me.”
- Henry Clay Work, from “Tie the Knot Tightly"
Click in the previous text link to enjoy Work’s wordplay in this thoughtful yet jaunty poem, & listen to some of his music compositions here.