BLESSING FOR A POET 

Patient earth-digger, impatient fire-maker,

Hungry word-taker and roving sound-lover—

Sharer and saver,  muser and acher —

You who are ready to hide or uncover —

Time-keeper, time-hater, wake-sleeper, sleep-waker—

May language's language, the silence that moves

Under each word, move you over and over,

Turning you, wondering, back to surprise!