Dangerous Readers – Stafford Challenge Day 24

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Today’s poem is a nonet, a nine-line poem in descending or ascending same-line-number-as-syllable order. This one is inspired by a fraud.


#thesmartestoneintheroom

don't read enough to be dangerous
read enough to have influence ~
there is a marked difference
between coercion and
living example
that defines fraud
for all those
who read
deep

2 Replies to “Dangerous Readers – Stafford Challenge Day 24”

  1. Kim,

    I sense a backstory to this poem and like the money form for how it makes me want more . The hashtag forced me to look closely. Now I’m thinking of poems I can write about similar calls, emails, etc.

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