Poems First Lines Insisted They Be Written Poem by Terence George Craddock

i remember not where it was or how it felt
words first fanned sparks flared interest hot
which time ignited into flames intense heat
in furnace stoked molten red hot melting purest
poetry metal from iron ore impression impact
made first few shadow appearances time past
stirred heart with upon occasions intense felt
focused rapid heartbeats in teenage years at

times poetry burned flicker fleet moments insight
fledgling intellect at some time in some place it
was an awakening probably irritant late at night
in bed trying to sleep when poetic lines insistent
slumber awoke invaded head space first lines kept
first lines kept thought coming in thought night late

poems first lines insisted write need be written first
insistent poem lines first insistent night poems kept
coming sleep eluded in bed out lines demanded write
there is a transition point in time when we are poetry


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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