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13 Ways of Looking at a Poet

1.

I once met a rich poet and asked him

What we writes about?

“Nothing.” he answered

 

2.

How many poets does it take to ***** in a light bulb

One

 

3.

The difference between a great poet

And a ****** poet

Is mathematically calculable

To how recently they’ve been laid

 

4.

When the pen ran out of ink

The poet gnawed of his finger

And wrote with the blood

 

5.

The lake froze over

The poet wept

 

6.

If you took all the poets that ever lived

And placed them in the same room

There would be many empty seats

And not nearly enough pens

 

7.

When a man asked him what he did

He answered, “Teacher.”

When a pretty girl asked him what he did

He answered, “Poet.”

 

8.

One day there will be no more poets

And a great silence will cover the land

 

9.

Cain was a soldier

Able was a poet

Look how that turned out

 

10.

Each day is a poem

Still being written on tombstones

 

11.

We fell in love by showing each other our poems

We fell out of love when we stopped

 

12.

The children Laughed and mobbed

After the soccer ball

The young poet stood

And watched a blackbird

 

13.

If you dream

And can remember it in the morning

Then you are a poet

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Dec 24, 2013
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