Practice before poetry

Fingers and faith
must do their work,
lay down their patterns,
build flexibility and strength

Words and music
will flow in later —
small trickles at first
will grow smoother, firmer
until the very instruments
are subsumed
in the eloquence of sound.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 4, 2019

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