A poem is a song in your heart, a spirit speaking from your soul.
It can be a long lost love come to visit or just a girl being bold.
A poem can be political or deep from depths of despair
Its can also be a cleansing,"so fine"...or the launch of a challenging dare
A poem is the beauty of nature caught in a brief moment of chance
Its the flow of soft material around legs in a slow moondance
Poetry can mean any spirit that opens the heart up to speak
It can also be the voice of shadows from inside the soul of the weak
Poetry is history for writers or daily routine come to call
It can also be apprehension from those who's steps are too small
Poetry to me, is a canvas...of colors of written strokes
Sometimes it can be wrenching just when my thoughts are provoked
My rhythm for words is moaning at times, a beat that comes from the blues
Its up and happy for others in love and walking in spiritual shoes.
This is what I can do best...as an artist it comes with ease
For now I'm answering a question and it flows like a warm summer's breeze.

I get a lot of mail from students of poetry and verse. I wrote this poem after a class of 5th grade students from Utah emailed me their question. This was my answer to them.