When Inspiration Calls
Jun 25th, 2009 | By W.B. Burkholder | Category: Poetry | 360 views
I am the scars on pavement laid streets,
I am the rusted barbwire upon forgotten fences,
I am the dim bulb burning from rusty street lamps.
But I breathe I have fire, passion, and in that;
The scars, the rust, the tired bulbs
Mean nothing; save for inspiration.
For it is the inspiration that pulls me from
Doldrums’ drumming monotony.
I am the refuse of gutters,
Running red, and brown, and yellow, and white.
I am the forgotten hiss of analog snow,
I am the flapping flag of off air,
End of day anthems,
Banners flapping in blue gray light
High pitched hymns of nation’s songs,
Lamenting transmission’s end,
Until 6 a.m. when broadcasting will resume.
It is then, it is then, it is then,
When inspiration calls,
And I become the dreamer,
The writer, the artist, the poet.
It is then, it is then, it is then,
When inspiration calls,
And I become the fields, the trees, the runnels voice,
The river’s scream, the robin’s sigh.
And I, and I revel in its gifts.
I celebrate with abounding joy
With rapt expectancy,
This high of simply creating,
A new thing, a new thought.
I am the verbal summation of one voice,
I am the glitter of higher possibilities,
I am one of many that see and render,
That lives a literary life, of dreams and inspiration,
Imagination, coming forth in coagulation
Of thoughts and words, and pictures and sounds.
I am the wind upon this page,
The tempest in the ink,
This lightening in a singular bottle.
One of many, set side by side,
Can and will light the world.
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An inspiring, inclusive, communal expression. Stirring word-pictures.
a very moving poem.
The poet’s sincerity and commitment to verse is evident in this poem
I Loved this Poem Bill! I Just Hope When Inspiration Calls, She Doesn’t Block her Number, Cause I Simply Don’t Answer those calls!