Poetry Is

Poetry is flowing letters

An alphabet cereal pouring on the page

Following the milk before it

Sweet, not sour, in the words

Poetry is inquiry

A question answered, a problem solved

Crumpled pages of written wrong

Ending up with beautiful words

Poetry is a gift

A father teaching his son to love
And a baby's first steps, her parent's smiles

The Samaritan taking pity on a stranger

Poetry is a nature, a life

Slightly tilted for the view

See the sun, the ice bound trees

Giving way to spring at last

Poetry is a learning experience

When we think we know a truth

Arrayed in different shades of gray
We see a different side