Poetry Farming

To sow a poem Pick your choice of seed or thread Cotton cloth or fertile soil bed Don't forget to hem The last line with style, a good end Is like a port of arrival when The voyage through water, and wind Setlle into words without the din. To sow a poem String the needle with thoughts, let Words pass the eye like a stem Finding a fresh crack, a chord or fret I drain the ditch around the heart One emotion at a time, I chip apart What scale the eyes until I see The image formed, the growing tree. To sow a poem String the needle with seeds of words Cut hard your gem Let the sparkle fly like singing birds From the nest of the heart The image must stand and play its part Every poem is a laden tree Every lover like a prolific bee.