Sorry Guys – Size Matters

What about …

            The size of a man’s brain and his intellect,

            Or the size of his heart and his ability to love?

For men

            It is enough simply to believe that

            They performed better than a male competitor?

            That they thought bigger, better, and longer?

            Or cared longer, deeper and more intensely?

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I began working on this example of “found poetry” at the West Virginia Writer’s Fall 208 Conference as I responded to a prompt in a Poetry Workshop presented by Sarah Elkins. The prompt involved flipping through the pages of Jennifer L. Verdolin’s Wild Connection and lifting out words, phrases and sentences to expand upon.