Glenda Funk is our host at http://www.ethicalela.com today for VerseLove, inspiring us to write poems about what a poem can do.
What A Poem Can Do
a poem reveals
flavor in every image
sounds of emotions
between heart chambers
poems beat honeysuckle
fragrances, wafting
up from printed words
seep through eyes, nose, ears, tongue, hands
inhaled, consumed, held
a poem reveals
real magical living thoughts
on a breathing page
poetry laughs, cries
a poem ~invisible
spirit ~ rises up
omniscient healer
poems perform miracles
swoop in deep, restore
take up residence
shadowy, tired souls
illuminated!
smooths salve over scars
~ poems, balm of Gilead
ink-cloaked physicians
Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
Common Threads 
Sumptuous imagery, but that personification at the end! Poetry, please nourish and heal us!
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