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what is a poet

what is a poet but a stymied wind stamping the same soil seen through polished lens firing the bugle sound to reach across some distant mountain pass not echo the same ignite fire stand strong find north refresh for old paths yield grey packages more stale subterfuge but honed solidity is found in structures built sound a new song of old notes rearranged to yield perspective deep
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eleanor-prince
Published
Apr 28, 2018
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at times we all need to see what is to be kept and what will be discarded, to reinvent ourselves, our lives, whilst retaining solid ground

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#life#purpose#adjusctment#pragmatism#hope#sense
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