Statuary

“Le poëte est ciseleur, le ciseleur est poëte.” - Hugo Poets, they are sculptors Who wield their sharpened tools, Who chisel not in stone, But rather work to write… Wordsmithing skills to hone. Poets, they are sculptors Who carve not into wood. With imagery they play… In grammar etching mood, Emotions on display. Poets, they are sculptors Who fashion not in clay. They mold in metaphor, Using rhyme and rhythm, With less, aiming for more. Poets, they are sculptors Who work with ink on page. On paper trying to Create in stanzas, lines Something completely new.