My Mind Writes With Antique Pen

My mind writes

with an antique pen.

The poets long gone

are the muses

that whisper to me.

Dear Poe turned

the light on

with his dark verses.

He captured me

with his words

to birth my desire

 to write.

Miss Browning asked,

“How do I love thee?”

As she counted the ways

my heart dreamed

the stanzas of my own

love poem.

Emily Bronte wrote

of tears that only ceased

when others were looking.

This gave me the courage

to speak my own tears.

Inspiration comes to me

from poets long gone.

They are my teachers

speaking their lessons

through their verses.

I pray I am a student

worthy to continue

with my pen.

©Susie Clevenger 2011

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