John Watt Poet Quatrain

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The Mind of the Heart

Can you taste the turn of a season
  writing a new page on your heart
Can you smell the burning of reason
  usher a new age into your art

Can you see the drying up river -
  mind-induced matters no longer thought
Can you hear the cry of a giver
  giving to a war no longer fought

Can you touch the mind of a poet -
  emblazened eyes that see through your self
You might do such, but your mind cannot know it
  the mind of the heart dwells somewhere else

Heart or mind, which do I follow
  what is the food on which I thrive
Fact or feeling, which should I swallow
  which one will keep the soul most alive

The mind is ever prone to wander
  from its chains it would be freed
Its absence makes the heart grow fonder
  for the two are twins indeed


Written 20 Dec 2020

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Jhinuk Mukherjee January 10, 2021 at 7:21 AM This is phenomenal...I missed reading your magical words...I'm back again and it was such a pleasure reading your poem ...I cannot Express how deeply your poem has touched me....such an enriching piece of writing...Love Jhinuk

Alexis Y. December 23, 2020 at 8:42 AM Hi John, I agree with them below; this is such a well written and profound write. It makes one think. The heart and the mind are inseparable, twins indeed!:-) Alexis

Jennifer Proxenos December 22, 2020 at 12:46 PM To,, this is excellent John I think this is your best ever poem, I love, love it and definitely have faved it - your last line is fantastic ' for heart and mind " the two are twins indeed" Happy Christmas my friend to you and your lovely family, hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Susan Woodrow December 21, 2020 at 8:10 PM so true..a great rhyming write.. Happy Holidays :)

Michelle Faulkner December 21, 2020 at 7:04 PM How profound ~ I think you are right, they are twins and we need both for the soul to be well fed - and it seems you have a very well balanced diet :) John Watt December 22, 2020 at 6:03 PM I have been a head-person for way too long. Only seeing with the heart for a couple years now, and the poetry comes out very different! Thanks for catching my gist, as always. Hugs ~ John