What is a poet?
A poet is able to capture a feeling with words.
To adeptly potray one. single. instance.
with words.
With scribbled, illegible
Or cleansingly, typed
clear, crystal, words.
I,
am not a poet.
I am a monkey,
deftly punching on a typewriter,
finger smashing keys,
expecting Shakespeare
to appear on a backlit screen
or a pure white notepad.
I am,
not a poet.
I am the grouch,
in a trash can.
Yellow moss on a rock,
pointing south. South.
I am not,
a poet.
I thought I dripped words
like blood out of my veins.
I thought my muse,
was darkness.
Then the sun came out.
So,
I am not a,
poet.
I am a high school English paper.
I am the run-ons,
too many ands,
too many commas.
Not even a proper sentence.
I am the red-marked essay.
I am not a poet.
And I have nothing else to say.
Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 1:45 PM UTC
What is a poet?
A poet is able to capture a feeling with words.
To adeptly potray one. single. instance.
with words.
With scribbled, illegible
Or cleansingly, typed
clear, crystal, words.
I,
am not a poet.
I am a monkey,
deftly punching on a typewriter,
finger smashing keys,
expecting Shakespeare
to appear on a backlit screen
or a pure white notepad.
I am,
not a poet.
I am the grouch,
in a trash can.
Yellow moss on a rock,
pointing south. South.
I am not,
a poet.
I thought I dripped words
like blood out of my veins.
I thought my muse,
was darkness.
Then the sun came out.
So,
I am not a,
poet.
I am a high school English paper.
I am the run-ons,
too many ands,
too many commas.
Not even a proper sentence.
I am the red-marked essay.
I am not a poet.
And I have nothing else to say.
Inspired by Rob Rutledge's "This is not a poem."
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