a good poet <br />takes every opportunity <br />to read up other's work <br /> <br />it is through others <br />we see more clearly <br />our own work, <br />our station in life <br />our cultures, <br />our very being <br /> <br />part of ourselves <br />we own ourselves <br />the rest, others <br />including god himself <br /> <br />part of ourselves <br />we owe it to the others <br />to interprete for us <br />part of the world <br />we owe it to the others <br />to help build up for us <br /> <br />a poet, a human soul <br />is a torn book <br />the missing pages <br />you find in the <br />hands of his countrymen <br />and God himself <br /> <br />WHEN BAD POETS ARE LIKED TOO <br />---- <br /> <br />a bad poem can also be an excellent poem <br />for poetry is a measure of a poet's imagination <br />of the world he lives in and how he carries out that task <br />i love reading a poet's work filled with mistakes too <br />for that shows another side of the poet, his <br />tenacity to conveying his heart to his readers <br />despite his shortcomings - the mistakes reveal <br />a side of him that enhances the value of his work <br />the sweat and tears they flow over our heart as <br />our eyes scan their lines<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poem-about-poetry-poet-and-comments/
