Poetry
From whence cometh poetry?
Where do the roots of word spreadeth
While above
Fruited limbs gather
Unto the Son
In the celebration of wits end?
Is it not from the wellspring of reverent fear
Abiding precariously
Within each poet's awareness of God?
Or
Is poetry born out of a deeper
More profound awakening
Devoid of fright
Wherein there is no night
Or reason to write
Save the love one holds for another
Who seeks to know
Love
And be loved
Through poetry?
Or
Is it both?
John Christopher
1985
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