The Course of a Poem

A pencil, a notebook,

A random reflection

Determine the course

Of a poem, its direction.

 

The words hop on board

Heading hither and yonder

While thoughts make decisions

To settle or wander.

 

Ideas tumble down

Joining rhythm in moving

As verses flesh out,

Sometimes dancing and grooving.

 

The final result, whether

Failed or successful,

Is like an elixir

For soothing the stressful.