“Poetry is meant to be heard. You should read it out loud. You should hear it, you should feel it on your tongue.” —Angelina Stanford, The Literary Life Podcast, Season 6 Episode 249
An Offering of Breathing Poetry
Voiceless, I lay with much to say,
waiting with bated breath
to be inflamed, enfleshed, induced—
to import awe in stealth.
Draw me in and you will breathe out
an ornamental speech
that will awake, evoke, arouse
an image that will teach.
Allow my form to inform you
of an unknown hunger
which will retrieve, rescue, relay
an unfolding wonder.
Taste my secret tune on your tongue
and dance in the romance
with the muses, fairies, pixies.
Be spellbound in rhyme’s trance.
Let Beauty shimmer into view—
mystical messages
that will convey, construct, conceive
merciful images.
I’ll complete your incompleteness
when I leap off the page.
You’ll begin to behold, believe,
as we start the exchange.
The featured image, “Fairyland,” is courtesy of Julie Jablonski and is used with her kind permission for Cultivating.
Rob Jones is a poet, musician, and two-time # 1 Amazon Bestselling author. His
literary accomplishments include two books of poetry, two children’s books, and
a new adult romance novel. He enjoys reading, working out, attending church,
and getting lost in a movie. If he is not writing books and performing music, you
can find him spending valuable time with his wife and family.
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