The Poet In Me Knows Poem by Terence George Craddock

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
traced
arrives;

it could
be any time
day or night;
anytime free time
relatively relaxed;

and 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


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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