WHAT A 'GEM', JOHN! ALTHOUGH, FOR ME, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THIS EASY...THIS IS ONE LOVELY WORK! THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

If poetry needed a flow chart this would be it! Nicely put!

Rebecca

It's probably safe to say that every writer, poet, lyricist et al, have an echo of some kind that speaks to them in language that feels personal, yet needing to be made more universal. At least, that's what I've gleaned mostly from the study and thsis practive I've had with ancient, and contemporary philosophers. Your references to elements of Nature stay a very organic authenticism. I particularly found: "Soaring on hand-painted wings

Before falling as single feathers

Upon the ground of the soul"
a purity of thought that is not often found in the descriptions of a poem's genisis. Enoyed this, John.