Moongate Internationale, Pick of the Day | Poem

 

seeking world peace and personal peace thru poetry

now and then we choose a special flavor for the day

10 October 2000

THE POET

 Everyday, every minute,
 People with their language
 Build guillotines.
 Everybody's mind is
 Chopped off.

 The poet's job is to wrap
 A thick cloth tightly around his ears,
 Dig in the dark waters of a wild swamp
 To find new words
 That are not executioners.

- Duane Locke
 

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