late notice

The poem you paid no attention to until it started to shine in a corner of your mind.

mister fix-it

After a leg broke off the old table, he fixed it with what had at hand: a stack of books under one corner stabilized it nicely.

around the corner

Poet, write a line that can look around
the corner.

three polish aphorisms

I had so much joy in my creations that there cannot be a question of merit.
—Jozef Pilsudski (1867-1935)

Tell me what books you have at home; I’ll tell you who you are.
—Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980)

Beyond each corner a number of new directions lie in wait.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909-1966)

[Beyond each line-break a number of new directions lie in wait.]

A Treasury of Polish Aphorisms (Polish Heritage Publications, 1997) compiled and translated by Jacek Galazka

eyes open and aware

Turn a line of poetry as you would turn a corner in a part of the town you don’t know.

lean into the corner

All one expects of the word at the end of a line is that it holds the corner.