Writing a poem is easy. All you need to do is pick up a mountain, turn it upside down and eat it like an ice cream cone. Writing a poem is easy. All you need to is comb your hair with a hedgehog every morning, brush your teeth with an acorn, have breakfast with the King of England. Writing a poem is easy. All you need to do is kiss the sun, remember the name of every raindrop you meet, swim through outer-space. Writing a poem is easy. All you need to do is take your brain out and give it a wash, grow lightening in your fingers, swap your eyes for kaleidoscopes.

Carl Burkitt 2025