Wallflowers - Poetry Blog #1

I really enjoyed reading "Wallflowers". It is a poem about words. The words in the poem are like little characters just waiting to be noticed. The form of the poem is very loose. There are 5 stanzas. The 1st, 3rd and 4th stanzas have four lines, the 2nd stanza has two lines, and the last stanza has 6 lines. I could find no rhyming pattern. I think the free verse fits the topic. The poem is very light and cheerful. It starts out playfully; the author plays with an idea that has just recently occurred to him. Then thinking about it deeper, the author wonders what the lonely, unclaimed words feel. The first idea is solemn. It would be depressing if the words felt that way. The second idea is more merry, there is more chance for hope, for a better future. In the last part, the author comes up with a way for the words to shine; the author invites the words into his poem glow. The poem follows the natural progression of idea, and flows really well, even without a set structure.