wind and sky
blue oblivion
easy to get lost
like a bird
flying aimlessly
over unfamiliar
landscape,
water and sun,
river and
mountain,
all this to feed
upon.
a poem is a box
carved from words.
on its own
it has no value
what goes in it
makes it priceless
Joe Farley edited Axe Factory for 23 years. His books include For The Birds, Suckers and The True Color of You. An e-book, Longing For The Mother Tongue, appeared on the July-August 2009 website for Sketchbook.