On form, as I use it

This is troubling in the written form. It's much less so in the oral presentation, where the delivery is straight off my own tongue. I use this poem to introduce myself on those rare occasions when I go to an open mike night at some coffeehouse. I don't always say it exactly as it is written here, e.g., the line L8 is more often recited "Are easy caught . . . and easy in words set," in my best bassoon voice, at a pace far slower than that of the younger poets at the mike. You caught both of the big ones. The other lines, some of 'em, have similar problems--ironed out in my spoken delivery, or 'easily forgiven' by the listeners, who do a little automatic editing of the input as they hear it. The written form is subject to unforgiving criteria, and there is no concrete audible from the writer; that instant model of speech (quite naturally) comes from within the reader. I stumble in my readings of others' works, for that I don't make the sounds quite the same way, or perhaps I use a different rhythm, e.g., when I read 'insurance,' I emphasize the second syllable, but the poet might have expected that I'd emphasize the first syllable, as he speaks that word. Thank you, Richard. I especially like your three star rating. That seems about right to me, too. Perry