Ask me what it takes to be a poet..., by Christina Devulite Ask me what it takes to be a poet: /
Staying true to life's distorted angles, /
Strike your tender skin with welts and only /
Then caress a stra...
To be a poet — if from the truth..., by Peter Tempest To be a poet — if from the truth /
Of life one is not to depart — /
Means flailing your soft skin to soothe /
With your own blood another’s hear...
To be a poet — it means as..., by Lyuba Coffey To be a poet — it means as /
If one does not bestow the truth of life, /
To cut oneself on the tender skin, /
With blood's feelings to cherish a...