The most famous 'I Am' poem came from the pen of John Clare <br />When in Northampton mental asylum his type of person rare <br />Since when mentally unwell his best poems he did pen <br />One of the most amazing in his time of literary men. <br /> <br />The most famous 'I Am' poem of self does not boast <br />From the pen of one who to self never drunk a toast <br />A poor and mentally ill and near forgotten man <br />One close to the end of his tragic life span. <br /> <br />The most famous 'I Am' poem to it has a sad ring <br />'Tis not of the wonderful life it does sing <br />Now used as the anthem poem of the mentally ill <br />The most famous 'I Am' poem life's cup of dark sorrows does fill. <br /> <br />The most famous 'I Am' poem not a great song of life <br />But of one who had struggled with his inner strife <br />From the heart of a poor poet a cry of despair <br />The most famous 'I Am' poem from the pen of John Clare.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-most-famous-i-am-poem/
