The Garden Of Poetry
by Marie Bortolotto 2024

Let me share a secret --
to enter the garden of poetry, avoid haste
or straying from the path, grasping
                        every eye-catching appearance
                                            that beguiles you.

Which do you choose;
           this one or that one?

Don't be fooled.
Let go of petty hankerings.
           You must learn to slow down, linger,
                        fall in love with the world, again, and again.

 
The way in is not through your eyes, but ears.

Listen! Wait!
For ripening speech, still, holy on the vine;
           for muted utterances to sprout under your feet
                        from the heart of existence.


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