Poem-a-day - April 26

Today's Prompt: Write a poem about "more than 5 times"

Some poets claim

more than 50 rewrites

for a single poem.

I want to dare

to lay a beginning

onto a blank page.

Allow the poem

to unfold on its own.

Not to cling or try

to bend the thing

into a familiar shape.

Not to hoist the sails

to catch the usual

trade wind. But

to let the sails luff -

midstream. To face

into not knowing.

To make space

without expectation,

knowing I'll have

50 more chances

to get it right...