Friday, December 14, 2007
The Moment of the Poem
The Moment of the Poem
In order to write a poem,
there must be an intense
concentration of thought,
a focus of perspective
which shuts out all
peripheral considerations,
and reveals at its center
a single, illumined thing,
mystery unfolding,
the blossom
unmasking at last.
Only the slow dreary work of days,
the minute by minute
burrowing inward,
will free the moment of its
distractions,
let it shine forth unblemished
in its own essential light,
naked clarity,
final radiance.
Dorothy Walters
April 27, 2001 San Francisco
