Jan Oskar Hansen Poet Blank verse

The Poet

What makes a poet?

I might be curious how the world function, but in that case
it is better to be a scientist or a cook, don’t underestimate,
when alone in the kitchen while the broth brew he does think
why some ingredients harmonise, or some do not.
Most of the time poets are sons and daughter of the upper- middles classes
with big gardens to dream about butterflies and beautiful flowers.
Of course, they have a connection to get published
and regarded as famous.
Poets of the minor league meet at poets gathering read their mediocrity
to an applauding audience, but they would instead write a novel.
A good poet does not bother with harmonious lines,
he wrestles with his inner self the good, the bad in his mind.
He will not be read of course, but he will still go on writing

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