This is for my good friend John Watt, in honor of his birthday. all the quotes are titles of his poems - Happy Birthday, John!
He welds and melts, pours and molds In his "Conversations with My Soul" He smooths the rough steel of syllables Into a "Portrait" graced by his "Play on Words" Unrolling "Scenes from a Countryside" to "That Starry Night" Whether "October Skies" or "In November" "Moonlight" So, "If Ever I Don't Know" which way my adjectives should go when wandering "A Starry Galaxy" I follow the "Sinuous Melody" To cross the river and climb the boulder While tapping "Gently on the Shoulder" He finds summer in "A Piece of Winter" As a friend, brother and mentor He is welcoming, and when reading your poem His comments are "To You Alone" And if you come to say "I Needed Wings Today" He will weave lines in a "Distinct Ballet" As if "It Came Upon a Prophecy" And not from some stifled "Academy" Dear John, please continue to "Compose" Even when "Getting Old is Getting Old" Without your gift We are "Too Soon Bereft" The "Verbal Miracles" you perform Show how "All of Life is a Poem" You have been my friend my artistry sibling, "And I Am Grateful". 12/20/23
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