If the words are carefully chosen
A poem can carry us to times and places
That may evoke exquisite responses,
Not of our own choosing.
At his best the poet may
Leave a question unanswered,
Since the needed resonance
Can come only from the reader.
The silence that follows
A scene or a thought
Quietly, or with thunderous accompaniment,
Leads you to a clearing.
Whether the reader enters that silence
And embraces the writer’s offering,
Or leans in a different direction,
Is not for the poet to decide.
Should the reader not hear the silence
The poet will have failed.
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