Because Poetry IS Music
Having neither time nor energy,
but only desire fueled by love
of words that dangle on the page
waiting for breath,
I fall with arms
wide-open into the black cavern
of this promise to wax poetic
daily for a month, celebrating
fellow dreamers, those who hope
with total spirit, whose hearts
are worn at the edges,
exposed on sleeves threadbare
but comfortable, living in skins
to which mostly loneliness
clings, who labor
for the right word as other men
sweat blood, all for the tinkle
of a syllable from lips whose masters
understand the value of sound
produced like ivory lovingly fingered.
Ramona Levacy
April 1, 2013
[A special note to my “followers:” If the title, tag, and poem weren’t clues enough, let me explain that I have decided to take up the challenge of writing a poem a day in April in honor of it being National Poetry Writing Month. I still plan to do my weekly post and apologize in advance for the extra emails you will get of poetry this month if you don’t particularly care for this genre. Thanks in advance for giving it a shot. Ramona 🙂 ]
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