MYSTERY
Swift as though a mouse is running,
quick as though a banker’s funding,
black as when a reindeer hides,
swifter than a dragon glides,
faster than a page is turning,
hotter than a log that’s burning,
like spells that are so very solemn
mystery has never fallen.
—from 2016 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
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Why do you like to write poetry?
Horatio Perry: “It is fun and exciting, but most of all I get to share my imagination with others.”