POETRY ANYONE? poem

Poetry Anyone?

Some poets go to great
lengths to discover
their muse

and I often wondered how
leaving your family
or taking drugs

expands your view.
I knew someone who
got lost along
that one-way path.

Or is it really possible
to enlighten one’s
self by spending many
moments immersed

in outdoor sounds
within a forest where
the scent
of wildness
is a joy to you?

I’ve often been accused
of taking that path.

Now let me provide
another avenue
for consideration anew

rather drastic I say
and not too common
among those
bards who provide literary

milieu where all thoughts
must follow the crew.

I propose something
distinctive and creative
and don’t say I did
not warn you
about a new way to kick
start your writing machine.

Now try rubbing rhubarb
between your toes
and I guarantee it will
give you another
point of view.

© 2009 Richard L. Provencher