Poem April 1, 2024 Issue

Leaping words

Kit Cornell Kurtz

A poet
doesn’t chase ideas,
but listens
for God.

When the poem
walks onto the page—
  when it leaps from eternal Truth
  to pen and paper—
then
the poet understands
that writing is
  not simply
  thinking thoughts
  delving deep
  watching words
  but
catching those words
  as they crystallize
  in the ether of
  infinite Mind
  like snowflakes
  or dewdrops
  watering thought
and letting each poem
reveal present Truth.