Strange Poets

strange poets never cease but to amaze
with words describing things we had forgot
or never knew to start with; who knows what  
may move another poet’s muse to phrase
the simply indescribable in rhyme
within a string of sentences enshrine
the essence of complexity sublime
with every word a jewel within a line
strange poets see things hidden in the light
and force the formless mist within to matter
express the indefinable and flatter
dead love to life and nothingness to sight;
by use of sense and symbol and the will
they stir to movement that which once was still

by Gail
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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October 11, 2016 at 10:51 PM
So many great lines in this Gail, you have summed up the description of a poet fantastically. 'with every word a jewel within a line' and 'strange poets see things hidden in the light' One of my favourite poems about poets so far... /|\
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