Thoughts on Poetry The poet's task The poet's task A poem is a report... A poem is a report... A poem is a village... A poem is a village... A reader brings a poem... A reader brings a poem... Without readers... Without readers... We need to stop thinking of error... We need to stop thinking of error... Verse does not ask us... Verse does not ask us... To play it safe... To play it safe... The great poets speak... The great poets speak... A poem arises out of... A poem arises out of... There is a part of us that... There is a part of us that... A poem is a celebration... A poem is a celebration... To be a poet is to be attached to life by a different set of hooks... To be a poet is to be attached to life by a different set of hooks... Like any of us, poets follow... Like any of us, poets follow... Imagination starts where understanding stops... Imagination starts where understanding stops... A metaphor discovers the unity in things thought to be unlike... A metaphor discovers the unity in things thought to be unlike...
The poet's task The poet's task A poem is a report... A poem is a report... A poem is a village... A poem is a village... A reader brings a poem... A reader brings a poem... Without readers... Without readers... We need to stop thinking of error... We need to stop thinking of error... Verse does not ask us... Verse does not ask us... To play it safe... To play it safe... The great poets speak... The great poets speak... A poem arises out of... A poem arises out of... There is a part of us that... There is a part of us that... A poem is a celebration... A poem is a celebration... To be a poet is to be attached to life by a different set of hooks... To be a poet is to be attached to life by a different set of hooks... Like any of us, poets follow... Like any of us, poets follow... Imagination starts where understanding stops... Imagination starts where understanding stops... A metaphor discovers the unity in things thought to be unlike... A metaphor discovers the unity in things thought to be unlike...
