Inspiration

Mike Essig
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read
Sarolta Ban

Gold is where you find it…

Readers always want to know the how,
as if there were some alchemical elixir.
So many simple answers to that question.
Creativity isn’t close to rocket science
although it can also engender a bang.
A steel cage contained the Pisan Cantos.
A girl glimpsed made a Divine Comedy.
Lightening strikes whenever it wants.
So many ways to see old things new.
Be awake and ready to write them down.
Find the words where they are waiting.
Say hello. Invite them home to dinner.
Hope they will hang around a while.
Offer them brandy to get them to stay
just long enough to steal what they say.


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