The hunger for writing poetry and its connection to nature
"Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry." Mary Oliver
She became a leaf on a tree, a speck of dust, a limb still attached
shining like the sun she was the light that splayed upon nature's hour
but when the shadows came, she wrote her thoughts on a binder,
and became an evening cornflower.
Hungering by the river's edge she kept her secrets inside her diary
as she glided with imaginative desire on a silver lake of dreams
A permanent work of art inked and set aside, her words
a filament of nature's calligraphy.
Every pocket of earth described every fern and mushroom narrated,
by the apex of her linguistic, morphemes.
As the hourglass of time sifted finely down her filtered mind,
sweet poetry was born, germinated and seeded.
Life grows naturedly so does poetry when the heart is opened
she became part of the all-inclusive in this sweet haven,
where the everything and the always can only be described,
by a writer's pen and pluck.
Writing and especially the writing of poetry is the most personal thing a person can give to the world. It can entice so many emotions to the reader, often far from the authour's intention, but that is okay for if it stirs feelings it is a gift of the soul to others. Well done Rose.
Fee
There was certainly a lot of you in She. As I read I became mesmerized by your passion in writing this piece. Laying out everything that poetry means to you.
indeed there is something utterly magical about the creative process of writing a poem, hard to describe, but you have done so here wonderfully, and with deep insight. Lovely.
The "She" appears to be the writer, or someone the writer is observing. The chosen imagery lends itself nicely to your Nom-de-Plume. Your curiosities, concerning the unseen mysteries of life, I would imagine, have not changed much since you were a little girl. Enjoyed this... rlc
Note: Since my husband's cancer surgery 4/25/05, this book content has been integrated into the public speaking content for audiences interested in a sassy approach to personal and/or community awareness events. Another chapbook on intimate love poet
Fee
Your very best. Kudos.
Ron
and reached every part of my soul…
Blissful poetry…!
Diana..🍃