when feelings throttle 
my heart
when memories **** past
like flash bulbs
I sit drowsy
in yawning dawns
trapping 
all drunken thoughts
bustling 
to be winged

then a poem is born

valsa-george

Birth of a Poem

Jun 6, 2026

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pradip-chattopadhyay

It's fairer thoughts are given wings than caging them into words.
Beautiful write, Valsa.

-ap-

hazem-al-jaber

you got a warm felt feelings ,,, so great dear Valsa

toreinss-pinwinkel-iii

I often get drunk on my thoughts when they are bustling to be winged.

melan-of-innocent

Dear Valsa, feelings felt - your thoughts became poetic words...

oldpoetMK

sarita-aditya-verma

Beautifully birthed, the poem, full of life and raring to fly!!
Inspiring indeed, love it, Valsaji :)

soulmusings

I love this poem, especially the phrase "yawning dawns." Thank you for sharing!

sk-abdul-aziz

Beautiful, Thomas case just wrote one called birth of a poet

eloisa

South-by-Southwest

Poems like dreams seem to come out at night .