Poetry Scares Me
Ever walked along and suddenly a poem appears?
Or it rings quietly in ear while driving?
Before you can write it, its gone.
I can only wonder,
How long it must float
Till it finds another.
For whom can grasp it
capturing it into a page
To be released unto another.
Perhaps poetry is not an art
But struggle.
To be still enough to listen.
Bold enough to capture.
Strong enough to share.
Whatever poetry is,
I find it unearthly.
For it makes the hands tremble to write.
It leaves the soul naked
Heart bare
Mind gaping
Yet it floats along through the air
Beckoning to be captured and shared
Binding the intended together
While leaving the rest confused.
I dont know about you, but poetry scares me.
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Spooked!
Love the desriptiveness in this one!!
When the first line appears it seems so strong and yet just a smidge of time will dissolve it forever. Doesn’t seem quite fair does it? We are busy people and here we are expected to drop everthing and capture the muse’s gift.
Obviously your poem speaks to me and yes poetry is its own master and that is scary.
Arlo Guthrie said finding songs is like fishing. The poems are out there, inchoate, and we just need to hook them and reel them in.
Like floating through the world in a clear balloon.