Journal Entry

January 5, 1983
Clearwater, Florida

To log a thought a day
might before long add up to a poem
of assorted themes.
Like an arrangement of dried flowers
that one has gathered over several month,
the whole appears unexpectedly--
suddenly a bouquet.
To log a thought a day might before long
add up to a poem.
If not, there is no harm done.
Achievement, accomplishment is not
the reason for the task.
Examination is what counts
and keeping touch.