What's in a Poem?

What's in a poem? she asks. (a must read!)

What's in a poem?

An arrangement of words?

A painting of things

Not seen but heard?

God's poetry drenches

The universe

By it we bless His name

Or curse...

What's in a poem?

Soul-strings of thought

Glorious gathering

Of tittle and jot

Stealing our breath

In rudiments stirred

By desperate release

Of heart-blood into word

What's in a poem?

This rhythm and rhyme

Of tasting life's music

One note at a time

...of drinking love's beauty

Again and again

Preserved for the ages

In poem-refrain

What's in a poem?

Feeling's epicenter

Heart-hurricane

Or touch slow and tender

Ravishing Rembrandt

Stunning our gaze

Stanza-vacation

Word-fire blaze

What's in a poem?

Ink-groaning travail

Laughter and sorrow

From life's sacred grail

Muse, mercy, magic

Miracle-form

Wonder-spun wake

Of soundless soul-storm

Janet~

Poetry Math

Heart

+

Soul

=

Poetry