April is poetry month and so everyday this month we are going to publish a poem. We encourage submissions. If there is a poem that is a favorite of yours, please send it to Frank@mytownmatters.com. Today’s poem comes recommended by The Academy of American Poets which is rich source of poetry and information about the people who write it.

The Everyday Enchantment of Music by Mark Strand

A rough sound was polished until it became a smoother sound, which
was polished until it became music. Then the music was polished until
it became the memory of a night in Venice when tears of the sea fell
from the Bridge of Sighs, which in turn was polished until it ceased to
be and in its place stood the empty home of a heart in trouble. Then
suddenly there was sun and the music came back and traffic was
moving and off in the distance, at the edge of the city, a long line of
clouds appeared, and there was thunder, which, however menacing,
would become music, and the memory of what happened after Venice
would begin, and what happened after the home of the troubled heart
broke in two would also begin.