A Higher Order of Thinking
Convergence somewhere
Between idea and dream
As insight once formed
Sends us soaring free
I remember the movie
About Vincent Van Gogh
How the cry of creativity
Made us cry
We still do
Drawn by powerful
Magnetic fields of dreams
Full of remembrance
We stumble over foils
Of our own make
Despite proclamations
To make it new
I need a kick-start
A word perhaps colors
Off the deck field pond
Meadows beyond
Three shades of green
Still water cerulean blue
Or whispers of cloud
From ferry to town
This week we grieved
Who was left to grieve
Locked gates of memory
Opened flood gates wide
Peter Karoff’s most recent book is “The World We Want, New Dimensions in Philanthropy and Social Change,” AltaMira Press 2008. His poems have been anthologized and published in various periodicals. Now a resident of Santa Barbara, he and his family are longtime fans/visitors to Martha’s Vineyard.
The Martha’s Vineyard Times welcomes contributions to Poet’s Corner. Dan Waters, former poet laureate of West Tisbury, will select poems to be published here. Submissions should be directed to dan@indianhillpress.com.