let him name all the pieces
that go into a poem
let him discover the verbs
that enliven those names
let him find the words
that jar sense into story
that hammer truth from dead steel
let him choose the verbs that share
the full emotion they name
so that most macho men may weep
let him…
and what, you interrupt
if the poet is a she
oh, said I and thought
I think she has a different task
I do not know but think
she tells us things men cannot see
except through her words
she tells us dreams men cannot imagine
except through her words
she makes us think about our world
seen through a different prism
and still has the same tasks
with language
but a different weave for language
I think
but he or she
let the poet arise
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