To poets near and far
the images you paint
with words and feelings
my reason taint
minds strive to think
hearts to moan
on cold nights
we shiver alone
the words you’ve penned
o’er centuries
palpate my heart
bring to my knees
soar high the earth
plunge in the deep
and with ink drops
a promise keep
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“cheers to you poets
young, dead and old
to words you cherish
and those you’ve told
true to your task
forge on wordsmith
this of you I ask
and with your pen forever dip”
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There are so many who have inspired: Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, Tagore, Charles Martin, Pen of the Damned, Poets United, One Stop Poetry, Carpe Diem and oh so many more…
Regale the DAY!!!
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Our voices echo, magnifying your arrival
In a drafty museum, your nakedness
Shadows our safety.
We stand round blankly as walls
~Sylvia Plath
(Stanza from “Morning Song”)
penned in moon dust 