Between the Shoulders
Right shoulder:
Just don't overthink it,
your first draft is fine
Stop arranging and changing
each poetic line
A thesaurus for every
last word is absurd
Your soul speaks the truth to you -
trust what you've heard.
Left shoulder:
Give me thought that entails
more than just "heads or tails"
Where chaos meets order
and order prevails
When meter and grammar
are carefully tamed
And a message with meaning
emerges unmaimed.
The bit in between:
Is there some way to balance
the raw and refined
Intuition and logic -
blend heart, soul, AND mind?
This art is a craft though,
it may take some time
To convert good to better,
or great to sublime.
Written 25 Mar 2022
Copyright © John Watt | Year Posted 2022
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