Poetry As a Potion

This poem portrays the act of creating poetry as a nearly divine process.

A POEM, however short expands thought and time

written by pen, seems no miracle;  but first...

unwritten and there within the mind it seems

out of reach of God ...

AS ART -- we undo the mundane of everyday Life

as what everything is and is not

As a poet you cannot undo cliches 

but chosen words devour simple life

And there, oh there we squeeze hearts

within the Minds of wonderous Souls!

:: 06.12.2023 ::

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

There is something wonderful about taking the mundane and turning it poetic. I thought of gasometers near the marina where I spend time boating. By day they stand squat and ugly, but at sunset they become bronzed and proud and are something else altogether. I just had to poem them.

I like the idea of squeezing hearts with poetry.

Chris

[E.P. Robles]

Gasometers ? hahaha. YES! I have thought about writing a long poem about a nail. In wood. So arcane! I love it!

[Andra Dare]

Very engaging, and how it lures your readers to the liminal...

[Ken e Bujold]

"but chosen words devour simple life" perhaps the inscription for my final stone's inscription. such a gigantic metaphor for the art of writing. yes, yes indeed, the poem, your poem, expands thought and time, opens up the universal can of worms and invites the reader to a grand spot of idle fishing, trouts looking for rainbows. Very much enjoyed the read EP

[jacob erin-cilberto]

my favorite line..."As a poet you cannot undo cliches/ but chosen words devour simple life"

and yes, we try to take the mundane and make it poetic...how often we succeed, who knows?

[E.P. Robles]

It is as if each word is its own life? Yes? And a sentence: generations!