SONNET I SONNET I
Jose Garcia Villa Jose Garcia Villa
First, a poem must be magical, First, a poem must be magical,
Then musical as a seagull. Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving It must be a brightness moving
And hold secret a bird’s flowering And hold secret a bird’s flowering
It must be slender as a bell, It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well. And it must hold fire as well.
It must have the wisdom of bows It must have the wisdom of bows
And it must kneel like a rose. And it must kneel like a rose.
It must be able to hear It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer. The luminance of dove and deer.
It must be able to hide It must be able to hide
What it seeks, like a bride. What it seeks, like a bride.
And over all I would like to hover And over all I would like to hover
God, smiling from the poem’s cover. God, smiling from the poem’s cover.
SONNET I SONNET I
Jose Garcia Villa Jose Garcia Villa
First, a poem must be magical, First, a poem must be magical,
Then musical as a seagull. Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving It must be a brightness moving
And hold secret a bird’s flowering And hold secret a bird’s flowering
It must be slender as a bell, It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well. And it must hold fire as well.
It must have the wisdom of bows It must have the wisdom of bows
And it must kneel like a rose. And it must kneel like a rose.
It must be able to hear It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer. The luminance of dove and deer.
It must be able to hide It must be able to hide
What it seeks, like a bride. What it seeks, like a bride.
And over all I would like to hover And over all I would like to hover
God, smiling from the poem’s cover. God, smiling from the poem’s cover.
SONNET I SONNET I
Jose Garcia Villa Jose Garcia Villa
First, a poem must be magical, First, a poem must be magical,
Then musical as a seagull. Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving It must be a brightness moving
And hold secret a bird’s flowering And hold secret a bird’s flowering
It must be slender as a bell, It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well. And it must hold fire as well.
It must have the wisdom of bows It must have the wisdom of bows
And it must kneel like a rose. And it must kneel like a rose.
It must be able to hear It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer. The luminance of dove and deer.
It must be able to hide It must be able to hide
What it seeks, like a bride. What it seeks, like a bride.
And over all I would like to hover And over all I would like to hover
God, smiling from the poem’s cover. God, smiling from the poem’s cover.
