wreath of laurel leaves

i awoke to wordsworth
contemplating
poetry
as an incurable
human condition

this behavior
a paradox divine
the expedition most mad
disregarding constellations
to find wholeness
within a deconstruction site

the origin of the term
poet laureate
lies in the myth of apollo
who attempted to seize daphne
whereupon
she metamorphosed
into a laurel tree

the sun god then ordained
the beauteous flora
should be the prize
for victors and poets
these notorious
seekers of what was
and what shall be