Poetry allows for layers of meaning,
neither sentimental nor inscrutable.
It encourages readiness:
to be surprised, to develop introspection,
to become aesthetically moved
by images, sounds, words, and gestures—
images alive and real, yet not literal.
It creates another world through metaphor,
symbols gaining potency.
Poetry allows the known and
the unknown to coexist.
© 2025 Bruno Talerico
Stafford challenge 238/365.
Desert Dweller 