A Poetic Journey

This poem is a sestina. An explanation of this form can be found here: http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry/sestina.html


In poetry I love to write
Down paths of joy I journey
Until a curve fades all so dark
I rush to find a friend
Together we will muse
Until once more it is light.

A blank page lays lightly
Ready for inspired writings
To be spread by my muse
Carrying me on new journeys
Words are once again my friends
Fog has lifted shades of dark.

Murky gloom of lonely darkness
Needs the glow of a thousand lights
Which can be found in a face so friendly
It must belong to another writer
Who travels on this poetic journey
Hearing his own sweet muse.

Each with a distinct muse
'Tis true, but even if his is darker
We are together on this journey
Learning to take more lightly
This craft of writing
Finding readers friendly.

Discovering that to share with friends
Together we can muse
Learning more about our writing
Avoiding pages fogged so dark
Shedding on our work more light
So that this stays a joyful journey.

While we become true journeymen
And the fastest of friends
Filling our pages with enlightenment
Visited daily by our muses
And rarely by the gloomy darkness
That blocks all inspired writing.

So do write on this journey
Avoiding the darkness by making friends
Learning to let your muse visit often to shed light.