As Nietzsche Knew As Picasso Knew So Must You Poem by Terence George Craddock

as Nietzsche knew
as Picasso knew
some poets knew

the poet in me knows
a very simple truth
to know

what I am going to write
I must begin writing
the words are not within me

the words are within the universe and I am their voice

I can sometimes write
an entire poem start
to finish word perfect
without knowing what

I am writing
most of my poems
are not chosen topics

a moment a point
in time that could
be fixed measured

arrives
it could
be any time

day or night
anytime free time
relatively relaxed

thus normally daily
I will write rarely
with a plan as to what

how I will write
I will write
because I need to write

as rain needs to fall
as rivers need to flow
as flowers need to grow

I write as I breathe thus not to write
is not to breathe thoughtlessly effortlessly
not to write is not to breathe impossibility


Copyright © Terence George Craddock