A Poem's Birth

A Poem's Birth

as a poem is birthed, a poet comes home

A poet's life, an inner trip
with pen near to a paper slip
to record the slightest sound
that's beginning to stir around
with contractions in the mind
that are out of place, out of time.

It's those thoughts that do not fit
within the daily dust and grit.
The ones that stand all apart
and rise up from the poet's heart.
There is a poem to be birthed
with all the labor - it is worth
that one painful final push
as the words arrive in a rush.

Take the blanket, wrap it round
this new poem, you have found.
The creation process done;
bask awhile in glowing sun.
Then with pride begin to show
this new life to all who know
that the birthing of a poem
is a little like coming home.

Copyright  © January 8, 2009 by Karen M. Crump

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