National Poetry Day: See It Like a Poet

National Poetry Day takes place on the first Thursday of October each year, which this year will  land on Thursday 1 October 2020. This years theme is Vision, and the strapline for the day is ' See It Like a Poet' 

See It Like a Poet

Expand  your mind's eye

As darkness falls, play with shapes

Cultivate humility, do not envy

Look beyond hatefulness and greed 

Keep writing what you feel is right

While shadows give way and life flows

With windows open, seek peace and tranquility

To ease distress, the black depression we often sink

Caused by the world's cruelties, the pains of life

As Autumn mellows the heart, releases reason

Become near in spirit to the earth

Keep on seeking, keep on looking

Among life's bustle and calamity

With a continual searching mission

Beyond chains that confine

Find the way that spells liberty.