Birth of a Poem

Joy of first snowfall

Prayer breathing hope

Whisper of longing

Summer’s calliope

Thrumming of raindrop

Echo of sigh

Little boy freckles

Youth slipping by

Dance of a season

Sparkle of tears

Kisses of farewell

Flicker of years

Gleam of love’s promise

Dream of a child

Twilight around us

The wind, wooly, wild

Grace of new morning

Surge of the sea

Laughter of children

Baby so wee

Free, phantom fingers

Strumming the corn

These are some things

Whereby a poem is born

© Janet Martin

Poetics Aside Prompt: A 'birth' poem