Arisa White Workshop Week 1 - Tamara's Form

This form is driven by two initiating lines, the first row and the left column. There were also five words supplied to drive the tone of the poem: iron, prison, rigidity, resigned (original prompt was resignation), elevation.  The poem can be read both horizontally and vertically.  The trick was to attempt to get meaning in all lines though not necessarily through traditional syntax.  

It Really Is As Tough As You Think It Is

I	walked	the	rail	lines at	night
want	is	always	iron	never	rigidity
to	air	human	clang	never	blurs
find	a	centre	against	never	smudges
the	centre	of	my	never	shifts
way	too	many	opportunities	never	elevate
out	inherited	fights		never	finds
of	problems	resigned		never	no
this	problem?	of		never	way
prison	no!	stars	no light	in	ever