Be That Poet, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter)

All poets fail, even Poe
All poets fail, even Plath
All Poets fail, even Thomas

We could memorize
Every word in every language
In all of human history
And put everyone of them
In all our poems

And never come close
To what nature does without words

All poets succeed, certainly Poe
All poets succeed, certainly Plath
All poets succeed, certainly Thomas

We will speak for nature humbly
Be that poet, the poet who refuses
To relinquish their images to obscurity

That way all poets live forever
The dead ones of the past
The future ones yet to be born
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Nature is awe inspiring in both it’s constructive and destructive modes. Nothing compares to the grandeur of the universe. While the poet can do a fantastic job putting it into words, ultimately it pales to what nature does without words.