In its most basic form a cleave poem is three poems: two parallel 'vertical' poems (left to right)...with a third 'horizontal' poem being the fusion of the vertical poems read together. It was created by Dr. Phuoc-Tan Diep. He says, "One of my aims was to examine how something can be more than the sum of its parts and can be 3 in 1: synergy, fusion, cooperation, dialectics, marriage, interdependence, teamwork and The Trinity."
Cosmic Truth
I am where I'm going, yet
a star stares
from the sky,
a flash in the distance
a footstep torn
to shreds
death again.
© 2010 by Kathryn Feigal. All rights reserved.
