The Poet



The Poet


Just because l've written a few poems; doesn't mean that I'm a poet.

A poet is someone who sees things that others don't see;

who feels things that others don't feel.

They see love in the darkness, and darkness in love.

They feel moonlight in the daytime, and sunlight in the night.

Their soul emits emotions that just can't be contained,

so they spill out of the recesses of their very being onto the pages in front of them,

for all to see,

and few to understand.

A poet is a lonely whisper in a deafening roar of humanity,

trying to make them hear;

trying to make them understand!

Speaking, not mouth to ear, but heart to heart to heart.


Longing. Singing! Crying. Smiling? Sighing.


That's what a poet is.  That’s, what a poet is.

Now that I think about it…

maybe I am a poet after all.

About this poem

I don't feel worthy of being called a poet.

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Submitted by tlfossum on October 24, 2022

Modified on April 24, 2023

57 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme X A X X X X X A B A X B X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 820
Words 185
Stanzas 17
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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5 Comments
  • jerrylogie
    You did a good job with this write, you have my attention!!
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • jerrylogie
    To see a frown slowly erase, then see a smile quite quickly replace. Followed by laughter which comes bursting out. To me, that's what writing is REALLY about
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • JhainDoh
    I loved it.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • alexwallace166
    Becuse THAT is the esancs (sorry my autism and scitzoaffective makes it hard to spell and my one eye.) of a poet.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • Crumbsley
    I would have written this, word for word, with the same tone and exact theme but you concluded in a way I don't think I could have. I hope to realize I am that poet as well, someday.
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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