Poetry feeds us in that dreaming place where we are held captive, Words slipped under the door --
Here is what I know: It is food for my muse that sweet sister whose moods dictate mine She throws parties in my psyche that last for days at a time She sings to me of things she's seen That make my cells careen out of the room flying faster than thought itself And the poem's heart appears --
It is as mystical as it should be --
Poetry has always seemed a mystery to me, this way of thinking that shakes the tree to release the fruit. I am at its mercy. . . .