Bespoken
Poets
don’t create
a thing
But
recreate
what is
Ordering
their
size and shape
In lines
bespoken
his
Poets
take what life
gives out
Then
changing
mass and form
In words
not used
their way before
With
feelings
— newly born
(Villanova University: November, 2025)
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Philosophical meditation on poetry's nature and creative act itself
Dense ideas on craft compressed into 8 lines, multiple concepts stacked
Affirming tone celebrating creative power and transformation; hopeful
Measured intensity with momentum builds toward 'newly born' conclusion
Eight lines total; micro-to-brief length category
Metaphors of recreation and rebirth present but moderate ornament overall
Primarily lyric voice with some distancing; mostly internal reflection
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