Thoughts on the Volumes of Poetry at the Reference Library
What is it that makes me
Jot these words down
Just this way
And call it a poem?
I think of others doing likewise
And wonder if I'm making art
Or if they are
Each of us tending our
Gardens of thought
Not really caring
Whether other eyes can
See the blooms
Rescued painstakingly
From the weedbed
If this is the way
We choose to create
Each poem has served its purpose
Think of the poems
I'm repeating now
The thought may be the same
Yet no one has landscaped these words
As I have done
Copyright - July 4, 1987 - Julia Smith
Photo by Heather Doucet
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Poetry Train Monday - 65 - Thoughts on the Volumes of Poetry at the Reference Library
Posted by Julia Phillips Smith at 10:09 PM
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6 comments:
Wonderful poem!! :)
"Each of us tending our
Gardens of thought"
What a great line! Nice poem!
Volumes of thoughts the same but different. "Yet no one has landscaped these words
As I have done"
Very nice. I love you garden.
Julia,
That poem is absolutely elegant. I LOVE it. Thanks so much for sharing, my very creative friend.
Blessings,
~Toni~
I liked that poem very much.
I played the Purse meme, you can come see anytime.
THAT was cool.
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