[Critique Group 2] 212-word poem for January 26 critique session of Group 2

[Alice Massa]

*A Poet’s Credo*

poem by Alice Jane-Marie Massa

I believe

in the reading and writing,

the creativity of poetry.

I believe in

the uplifting quality , wonder, tension, tenderness,

translucency, and tranquility

of the mirror of poetry.

I believe

in the angel wings of muses

that gently brush the poet.

I believe I have written poetry

with a plume

which was once an angel’s feather.

when I could no longer write with the plume,

I used the bold-nibbed fountain pen that bled into

the porous beige paper that wrapped around the bundles of

/The Daily Clintonian/.

When angel feathers and fountain pens

had to be put aside,

I turned to poetry

penned with a bold felt-tipped marker

and bold-line paper.

For a brief while,

white letters on a very large and dark screen

of a closed-circuit television (CCTV)

magnified my poetic world for me.

As my world was draped

with more and more curtains of gray,

a talking computer

came my way on an angel’s wing

so that still I could write

plenty of poetry.

Alas, the dancing feet of angels

stepped on my blank pages

and embossed the magical dots of braille

so that I could read aloud for others to hear

the poetry—

my poetry—

in which my heart

believes.

Number of words:212

January 19, 2023, Thursday

For Leonard’s Group 2 critique session on January 26, 2023, Thursday, 
3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
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