This poem offers (at least) two things.
- The reader receives a discussion about what poetry making can mean or is.
- The reader is also told a story about beauty.
As you read this poem, think about where the poem begins and where it ends. What is discovered by the poet? What is discovered by you, the reader? At the end the poet asks the reader to consider something unusually beautiful to them personally. What could you write a poetic tribute to in your life?
https://poets.org/poem/valentine-ernest-mann
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