How, pray tell, does a poet decide
Which words to lay side-by-side
How did Milton measure the cost
When he penned Paradise Lost
Could Dickinson take a single breath
Without thoughts of poetry on death
When describing Ben Adhem’s vision
By what motive was Hunt driven
Did Poe write poetry as a child
Or his odd thoughts drive him wild
How did the Brownings, poet pair
Pen sonnets of love with such flair
Did Frost truly encounter a road
From which his famous poetry flowed
How did Rosetti write love verse
Allowing the reader her faith to traverse
Did David find a sense of calm
With every line of every Psalm
Do other poets lie awake at night
Scribbling verse without the light
I desire sleep before break of day
But words come and won’t go away
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The first stanza of this poem was written in the dark in the notebook I keep on my nightstand. I wasn’t sure where it was going to go, but by light of day this is what I came up with. I could have added many more stanzas with references to many more poets, but decided I needed to stop somewhere. This is for day #25 of NaPoWriMo.
5/26/16: Decided to share this for dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night because I am shy on time and inspiration to write something new today.