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Poets Seldom Order Missile Attacks
“Poets are the unacknowledged
legislators of the world”
–Shelley, “A Defense of Poetry,” 1821
In truth
Poets are the acknowledged
legislators
of nothing
Let us thank God that it is so
Poets can be tiresome in
their own ways
Among other shortcomings
scribbling free verse
Without any consideration
for meter
And failing to understand
the rhythm of iambs
Poets can be tiresome in
their own ways
Hogging for grants and
television time
Some writing more for
politics than for truth
Obsessing on the I instead
of All
Poets can be tiresome in
their own ways
But they seldom order
missile attacks
Poets are the acknowledged
legislators
of nothing
Let us thank God that it is so
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