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Dance
of the Quivering Digits
by
Leland Jamieson
(For
Savannah and her Fifth Grade friends. April, 2005)
When
thought and feeling don’t pan out,
does your heart throb with aching doubt?
You fear that you will never write
another line that feels quite right?
Then drum your fingers, and find “feet”
to dance the line your digits beat!
Next,
find a rhyme word that can pull
a second line — one trim but full —
from heart and mind and quivering hand,
whether or not it’s what you “planned.”
When once you’ve got two lines that dance,
across your lips quick smiles will prance.
Where
do these two lines want to go?
How step aside and let them flow?
If you’ll rely on line and rhyme,
they’ll find you more lines, every time.
Acknowledge their uncanny smarts,
well known for warming poet’s hearts!
They’ll
often lead you to express
a thought or feeling with finesse
you did not know you had in you,
until the rhyme pulled it in view.
Thus, you may open inner eyes
to see what’s true, for you. Surprise!
©
2006 by Leland Jamieson
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