ꅏꍩꈼꋊ ꂠꂦ ꉣꂦꈼꋖꌚ ꄞꁲꂑ꒒?

 

Where do the poets go
  • when the soul is dry
  • when thoughts are distractions
  • when intent is questioned?

What do poets do
  • when emotions are discounted
  • when trifle is expanded
  • when merit requires intrusion?

When do poets fail
  • to evade our discontent
  • to releave us our follies
  • to dismiss our neglect?

It is the poet who will go to the soul when it has dried,
to make thought be as distraction, even to question true intent

And should emotion be discounted,
even the trifle he will expand
should his words require merit
he gains intrusion when denied

So when do poets fail
to guarantee us pleasure?
Only when his love of self
is above or below his measure.

Stephen D. Shearer, "Stephen's Spilt Ink" Copyright 2005, All Rights Reserved