October  9, 2020

 

TOXIC – NON-TOXIC

 

Poems – can be – but they better not be:  toxic.
Gossip – often is - yes. Jealous and envious folks
trying to get over being dumped from relationships,
yes, toxic - when they find someone else to talk to.
But poetry no. No. No. No.  Avoid being  toxic – it
can slither into the bedroom or backyards of others.
Poetry should be uplifting – floating clouds –
floating soul stuff. Poetry is about being amazed
at a child’s crayon drawings or a Georgia O’Keeffe
or Van Gogh field of flowers or a stary, stary night  -
as the words and images of a poem sooth the soul
and breath fresh air into the whole house and all of us.

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020