It is not information
That causes inspiration.
There are no lambs and Marys
In any dictionaries;
And no beanstalks and Jacks
In any almanacs.
Beauty’s a thing to earn
More than a thing to learn.
It comes from simply seeing
The sharp bright point of being,
Whose vein of gold is struck
By labor linked with luck.
And when a rapture fills
The auricles and ventricles
And gives the mouth through art
Connection with the heart,
One can assign the season,
But never knows the reason.
— From Boundaries
