The Poet

To take a thought and shape a poem Takes patience, and a clue – The patience for the diligence Required of a muse The clue for clever subtleties Engaging poets use To form connections yet unformed Reveal with clarity The mysteries that men have known Throughout the centuries Unraveled with apparent ease In fonts of industry – To trace the riddle of a thought Decrypt it as it bends To find epistles in a phrase And coax it from a pen One finds a poet at his craft Plying, with keen intent The words with which to move the earth And all the universe