Poetry Seeds

A small kernel, a tiny seed, drifts into a fertile mind, floated by inspiring muse, sometimes angry, sometimes kind. In furrows richly watered ideas imbed, softening; anticipated, cracking shell, swift burst at kernel's opening. Pale greening shoots, sprouting branch, vining leaves garner images, sparkling similes, metaphors, figurative language usage. Minutes, hours, days may pass, creative imagination increased; the flower forms, then ripened fruit-- cycle complete, a poem released. Copyright, August 10, 2014 Faye Lanham Gibson