Broca's Area Writer's Revisions Poem by Kimberly Burnham

Broca's area in charge of production
revisions, revisions, revisions
generating new language to improve
what is already on the page

Left brain hemisphrere contributions
writing from Broca's area on left
of brain's frontal lobe
language making
ability to turn your memory
of a food fight in the caffeteria
into a written description

Damage Broca's area
ability to understands the task
remains intact
but cannot form a written or verbal answer
word finding difficult without help
from Broca