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
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
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