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.
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