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er life's full length</p><p id="fde7">It means to sharpen words as edges to cut out truth before it dies and to find the words that shield us away from further lies</p><p id="154a">It means to learn the incantations of those who've come before and to find a way to use them to open up the door</p><p id="35eb"><i>What does it mean to be a poet you ask?</i></p><p id="0b84"><i>It means to be the song for those who cannot sing To be the spoken word for those that cannot speak</i></p><p id="0bdb">This poem is a follow up to:</p><div id="f567" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-can-you-be-a-poet-5b853fb1c803"> <div> <div> <h2>How can you be a poet?</h2> <div><h3>The question arose. How can you be a poet?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*8MhYPUITv2RY8xAz7EYxEw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="9b81">and this:</p><div id="8f95"

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class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/desires-ffece6bc2ba"> <div> <div> <h2>Desires</h2> <div><h3>This is for you!</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*m-x2t3AF0aaCkoCbHtbmfA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="d130">and see some of my views on poetry here:</p><div id="ac08" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/poetry-is-sorcery-97a572a98cbf"> <div> <div> <h2>Poetry is Sorcery</h2> <div><h3>Poetry & Hypnosis — Language in the Fractures</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*qJPswGgqVQKrRSIO-DCDAw.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

What Does It Mean To Be A Poet?

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“Close Your Eyes. Open Your Heart” by Eneas is licensed under CC BY 2.0

What does it mean to be a poet you ask?

It means to be the song for those who cannot sing To be the spoken word for those that cannot speak

It means to bind your words in spells for every soul in need of care and to weave your words on purpose for the stories you must share It means to cast your words as metal bowls that sing to hearts instead of minds and to frame your words as windows that look beyond what you can find

It means to pour your words as mortar for foundations full of strength and to lay your words as bricks to shelter life's full length

It means to sharpen words as edges to cut out truth before it dies and to find the words that shield us away from further lies

It means to learn the incantations of those who've come before and to find a way to use them to open up the door

What does it mean to be a poet you ask?

It means to be the song for those who cannot sing To be the spoken word for those that cannot speak

This poem is a follow up to:

and this:

and see some of my views on poetry here:

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