A Poet’s Recipe
One needs, A moment at birth.
1/2 a cup of metaphors 1 cup of rhythm A dash of spices, a little All Known A lifetime or more of really great teachers. A gallon of infinite possibility. 1/2 a cup of grammar 2tblsp of ideas 3 tblsp of thought 5 cups of passion 2 tps of insight 1 cup of ambition 1/2 a cup of knowledge 7 cups of courage. Truth.
A moment of enlightenment.
Inspire as long as possible. Travel. Mix together for up to eighteen years. Inspire. Send off to college. Travel. Inspire. Attend graduate school. Travel. Inspire. Get published. Travel. Inspire. Teach. Inspire. Retire. Inspire. Travel. Inspire.
Expire. Inspire. Inspire. Inspire. Inspire. Inspire. Inspire. Inspire. Inspire….