Poetry and Us

Good poetry resides in all of us We're of sun, moon, and stardust Some folks may dispute the good in poetry Would it stem from those with profanity? This gift, this poetic gift of life we own Life in its entirety is poetry and beyond Those without words or tongue that speak Simplicity of a smile stretches to poetic feet What beauty the naked eyes cannot see The heart overflows with delight, positively Ears excused from nature sound, and melodies Who knows what tunes they hum as therapy The Almighty spoke; hence the birth of poetry It began with simplicity, it blossomed to profundity Good poetry and us and all we'll learn Seem silent language of might; posing no harm We need not fret, always there'll come a form Goodoff says stay in tuned with counseling patterns. *