No right writing

Here's a pantoum from April's writers' group. I was grateful for the chance to record a conversation with Meira, one that meant a lot to both of us. Maybe you will be inspired to try your own pantoum. (You might not want to read the wikipedia definition before you read the poem; it makes writing a pantoum sound a lot more complicated than it actually is.) 

“There is no right writing,

There is only better writing.”

I wiped her tears as I spoke,

deep from my own brokenness.

There is only better writing.

I yearn, like she does, for perfection

deep from my own brokenness.

And she doesn't always listen.

She yearns, like I do, for perfection.

“Can I help you with your work?”

She doesn't always listen,

she doesn't know how much I understand

“I can help you with your work,”

I wiped her tears as I spoke.

She doesn't know how much I understand—

There is no right writing.