Eloquent Austerity

Go inside a stone

That would be my way.

Let somebody else become a dove

Or gnash with a tiger's tooth.

I am happy to be a stone.

~ from Charles Simic: Stone

. . . . .

Will I become a poet 

when I become a stone…

. . . . .

Here is a strange thing.

The essential mystery of the stone.

Its medium of expression eludes my grasp.

There is something in its make-up and our way of seeing things.

It must be worked out with extreme concentration.

Its medium of expression eludes my grasp.

The essential mystery of the stone.

Here is a strange thing.

. . . . .

It was beautiful. It was silent.

It didn’t even have a mouth.

But it wanted something,

it had a purpose.

~ from Mary Oliver: Luna