Poem on a narrow piece of paper

How deeply can even a poet

go on a piece of paper only

two inches wide? No room

for large images, the kind that

take up the entire camera

view. Reader, you will have

to work harder, because the

poet is squeezed by its

format. Williams did a lot (or

did he?) with "The Red

Wheelbarrow," and then there

are the cute and louche

limericks that barely take up this

width. But for us of less

ability and lower

imagination, there is not

much room to work. In the

name of obscure scribblers

everywhere, though, I am

giving it a go. Just don't get

your hopes up too high.

Forget about enjambment.

Imagine rather that this poem

is full of the fine detail that

wider poems have; an easy

meter that sounds natural,

internal rhyme that is scary

for its surprising appearance,

and a conclusion.