Notions float on the wind
Drift unscented to fallow ground
Land among thoughts’ detritus
Barred with thorns
Litter-strewn and over grown
Some seeds carelessly trampled
Under routines’ mindless plodding
Others fall darkly dormant
Between hidden crevices
Prickly-hulled kernels find purchase
In rocky inhospitable terrain
Worm deeply determined
To rich loam far below
Deposited grains in fertile soil
Well mulched in years before
Nutrients of chance conversation
Germinate hidden cold seeds
Coax tentative sprouting tentrils
Morph to strengthening shoots
Push word by excavated word
Through cognition-clogging dirt
Trickles of literary influence
Sprinkle upon fledgling ideas
Bathe themes in leafing nourishment
Bespatter details and nuance
As central supporting stalk
Breaks writing-blocked ground
Rays of creative inspiration
Pierce mental clouds of disuse
Warm incubating phrases
Under brightly heated focus
Add color, height and dimension
Cajole into burgeoning growth
Neck-breaking repetitive toil
Tills word-garden repeatedly
Weeds daily with paper and ink
Nurtures thoughts lyric, coherent
Waters phrases picturesque
Until poet’s labor flowers
