WORDCRAFTER (For Arthur H. King)

First poems are for practice –

Next verses are for dreams –

Inspiration is the third

Of daily words in rhemes.

Mimesis is the frame –

Poiesis proffers schemes –

A “sermo humilis” approach

Enlightens pure-style themes.

The “music of endorsement” sings

Redeeming love’s refrain –

Revision makes the valleys hills

Remission makes rough places plain.

(6 June 2008, Provo, Utah)