Friday, November 13, 2015

Meeting The Muse while composing a poem




 


Stillness leads us to the temple within.  Poetry can lead there also.  A well crafted poem takes us out of the world while it also puts us totally into it.  The poem gives distance and involvement at the same time; we become the witness to life’s process.


A Rainy Day
I’m taking this rainy day off
Quiet as a feather floating lazily to the ground
Though I barely move I travel a great distance
In the thundering stillness
The temple door opens

 

In this poem I step out of my daily routine and become still.  In that stillness I barely move and quiet as a feather float lazily to the ground.  In the thundering stillness the temple doors within open and I am invited to explore…


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