Three Ears and Three Eyes

A poet needs to have three ears;
The first two for all sounds.
The third one is the one he needs
For words that float around.

Those are the stand-out words he hears
That grab attention tight,
And shake him 'till he finds a pen
So, he can start to write.

He also needs a third eye to
See any stand-out word
That he finds on a printed page;
Imagination stirred!

I'm glad I have three ears and eyes;
I take them everywhere,
Because I never know just when
I might have thoughts to share.