David Grieve
What Is It?
It comes as a strong fire
which warms and enlightens
and urges inner hearing
out into uttered word.
Once expressed,
what has been
the poet’s meaning
is no longer his own.
It comes as a strong fire
which warms and enlightens
and urges inner hearing
out into uttered word.
Once expressed,
what has been
the poet’s meaning
is no longer his own.