A Regency of Need*

A Regency of Need*

The essence of a poet is
A regency of need
That cannot leave
Alone a thought

That other thought can breed

A mind that is mercurial

And thinks
But for its sake;

The essence of a poet is
The thought that thought

Awakes

The essence of a poet is
The will to see or say
A theme that is
Transcendent

And a title for the day

A line that is no more than heart,
What form the musing takes;
The essence of a poet is

The poem the poet makes.