On The History Of Poetry

well I do believe the first poem was Let There Be Light

though only the angels were here to hear it

and Light of course, waiting tremulously in the Wings

so to speak for her radiant entrance.

or the Lord God surely was the first poet and called forth

all creation as His poetry so that all the human poets

can only speak about this in the final analysis or weep about it

and this is poetry in a nutshell, my golden nutshell I keep to myself

and wonder about

in the nutmeg nights when the moon is hidden

and the clouds sing her to rest.

in her silvery nest as if she were a Soul.

mary angela douglas 15 may 2021