Poem about Poetry - How a Poem is born

a poem is born
when the poet
merges his soul
with the universal mind
through his language -
the language that floats
in the sea of this universal mind
waiting for the poet
to turn over and over
to entertain it like a mother frolicking
with her new born

poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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