Inspiration for writing a poem can come from anywhere. I have learned to pay attention to the signs and thank the universe when words become poems. This week I read Eleanor Wilner’s poem “Of a Sun She can Remember”. This poem is a renga poem in which she took the last line of another poem to become her title.
I used the last line of Wilner’s poem, along with other ideas, lines, words from my daily reading to create a poem.
The Golden Net of Meaning in the Light
after Eleanor Wilner
When a missile misses its mark,
children die.
When channels are closed,
prices rise.
Choose your trouble.
Turn your blinded eyes toward the sun.
Pace the meadow filled with butterweed.
Give your heart-swift
to the clouds hovering.
We are all connected
as the golden cross-hatched web
tethered between rose bushes.
What I need to say—
After the rain,
birds sing
a glorious chorus.Margaret Simon, drafted
Pádraig Ó Tuama
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Reflections on the Teche 