Poetic Inspiration 101

Poetic Inspiration 101 What inspires me to write poetry? an old man on a park bench mumbling weightless hawks floating on updrafts trash strewn city streets school buses at 5AM huddled children waiting the wrinkled face of an old woman staring through a broken window stuttering splash of skipping stones sunbathing turtles lining a fallen log the motionless pose of the Blue Heron soft echoes of tearful laughter hard, oft felt scars, of pain’s persistence gentle music of a mother’s voice whispering to a baby the flag waving against a deep blue sky draped over the caskets of those who serve opening my eyes, breathing in the sights and sounds of life. ©9/2/2017 submitted to – What inspires you to wrote poetry – Poetry Contest