Monday, July 31, 2023

Mission Impossible : the Poet’s Protocol

 Mission Impossible : the Poet’s Protocol

 

Every day a miracle unfolds;

it is your job

 

—should you choose to accept it--

to bear witness

 

to it; the truth of it;

don’t let it escape;

 

the truth is a gift 

that will spark like flint


disappear 

like smoke;

 

self-destruct in five seconds

if you let it; but don’t.

 

Take up your pen

(or steal one

 

—if necessary); write

NOW!

 

The world is depending

on you.

 

Grab the inspiration

and get out fast;

 

it may be a trap!

What a father teaches

 I recently had a poem published by the Texas Poetry Assignment . The poem is entitled " What a father teaches."  It is mostly tru...