Hi All. Well, we are almost halfway through April — a.k.a. National Poetry Month, and I haven’t included many poems. Therefore, as penance (and praise) I will post one poem everyday until the end of the month.

Poetry is an acquired taste. I know that. So, enjoy if you can — if not, don’t sweat it. I’ll be done in a week or two.

Enjoy.

To Know a Poem By Heart by Nicholas Albery
to know a poem
by heart
is to know
in the biblical sense
making love
as more than an intercourse of bodies –
to enter the mind of the poet
is an intercourse of souls

to know a poem
by heart
is to slow down
to the heart’s time

to recite a poem
from the heart
is to be the poet
to pay homage to intensity
to enter eternity
to find solace for sorrows
spurs for endeavour
serotonin for blues
endorphins for bliss

learning a poem every day
is the stations of the cross
a throng of sub-personalities
a throb of sympathy
for every mood

a poem at your side
through the valley and the shadows
in the day, in the night
a polymorphic, polygamous, orgiastic
communion of poetry