I never studied poetry <br />not even that well read, <br />I couldn't tell a Tennyson <br />from a Yeats' or Keats', <br />I oft' read Poe instead. <br />Is it the message <br />or just the way words flow, <br />is it the images <br />that are conjured as we go? <br />What is it that captivates <br />the mind. as it is wed, <br />to the words sublime, <br />that sound within the head? <br /> <br />No it is not this. <br /> <br />It is when the music <br />in the poet's soul <br />reaches out with verse <br />and pierces to my very heart <br />beyond the sound of words, <br />releasing this reader <br />from his mortal coil <br />and transporting him <br />to where that music plays, <br />before it's covered by my thoughts.<br /><br />David Taylor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-can-a-poem-do/
