and an unspace

It is all and half of all —

a third of half

and a tenth of that

A poem floats — spaceless

yet touches a finger,

an eye, lips and a hand.

A poem’s content

and form are sublime

yet, narrow and broad

A poem is speechless with sound

Such is ambiguity — it lives in every act

Therefore, the poem is an act — an event — 

An event is an act — is a poem

— and more —

    Esther Altshul Helfgott is our Poet in Residence for September. Previously: Uncle Ben: What the Number Said.