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A found poem, source

Poetry

shouldn’t tell us

what we already know,

 though of course

 it can revive

what we think

we know.

A durable poet,TT

the rarest

of all birds,

has a unique

point of view and the gift of language

to express it.

The unique point of view can

often come from a mental or physical deformity.

 Deep

within

us,

but

also

on the surface,

is the wounded ugly boy

who has never

caught an acceptable angle

 of himself in the mirror.

 A poet

 can have

a deep sense

of himself

as a

Quasimodo

 in a world

without bells…

Poetry

shouldn’t tell us

what we already know,

 though of course

 it can revive

what we think

we know.

A durable poet,

the rarest

of all birds,

has a unique

point of view and the gift of language

to express it.

The unique point of view can

often come from a mental or physical deformity.

 Deep

within

us,

but

also

on the surface,

is the wounded ugly boy

who has never

caught an acceptable angle

 of himself in the mirror.

 A poet

 can have

a deep sense

of himself

as a

Quasimodo

 in a world

without bells…