"The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it." - Robert Penn Warren
----- A Sam Scott poem: 24th October 2023 -----
Illustrious Phantom You chase My desire For satisfaction As I chase you Hither and thither Like the rainbow's end Always just out of reach Escalating intensity or just A trick of the cruel mind Dancing across my skin Infiltrating my sanity As a ghostly feather Until I find your Illusive hiding Place Ahh
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