Now Others Sung

A Poet writes from experience,
  dilettantes rave and rant

The price demanded to feed the Sage,
 —wishing and hoping can’t

Magic in wrapping a word around,
  place known or thing you’ve done

Beauty when lyrics belong to you,
  —in songs now others sung

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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