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When Time is Kind

Poetry Off the Shelf

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How Did That Beginning Come to Be?

i want to know how you got that beginning. Did you write a whole bunch of other beginnings first? And was there someone helped you say the thing, write up? Friend, how did that beginning come to be? That's a really good question. The beginning didn't come to me at first. I am a poet, so i did not know how to really write non fiction. Also, i never thought i would be writing one. It seemed a too naked to to underscore what i just read. But the material kept drawing me in that direction.

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