Poems from the 12-Hour Couplets Contest: Woe, Woe, Woe, Coleman Glenn

Coleman Glenn lives in Bryn Athyn, PA with his wife and their six kids. His poems have appeared in Light, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Blue Unicorn, THINK, and other publications.

Woe, Woe, Woe

We heard his word

and something stirred —

a nerve vibrating,

resonating

as if strummed

until we thrummed,

until we found

his voice’s sound

had seized us fully,

left us wholly

rearranged.

We thought we changed.