If I Were Blind: Feral Poetry: 1 (Volume)

FERAL POETRYFeral (adj.). era wild animal ferus fierce. 1. Untamed; wild. 2. Savage. 3. Having reverted to the wild state as from domestication.Traditional poetry like the pig is a domesticated beast. It can be managed categorized kept in a pen and fed on table scraps. It tastes like bacon. Feral poetry on the other hand is wild like a peccary. It roams free. It cant be trained and it wont come when its called. It will raid your trash can dig up your garden chase your children and small dogs. These are feral poems. They are short they take lots of line breaks and sometimes they even rhyme. But just because they look like poetry doesnt mean they are poetry. Their behaviors--the ways they go a wandering--are unexpected and unpredictable. They dont follow conventions or rules. To appreciate them you must follow them home to where they live out there in the wilderness.