poetry

poetry is picking up the litter of words,

looking for the crumbs of meaning

and creatively making new perspective,

delicious for mind consumption, 

once again.

poetry is an origami of mindful awareness,

taking meaning and reshaping it

into recognitions otherwise unnoticed

as exploratory and impactful to ascertain.

poetry is a curious honesty

finding its own words,

embracing meaning for its simplicity

and laying it down, line by line,

as if life was that straight forward. 

poetry is a soup-kitchen

in which feelings are served

in bowls of self 

as articulately announced,

as intensely as it is made.

poetry is the barnstorming of the brain,

performing emotional aerials

in the understanding sky

that others mutually participate in.

so what the poetry are you? . . .