impressed by others
I ask:
“Who feels that others write even better than you?”
“Who heard others’ poems and thought they were better than yours?”
Who felt:
“I wish I could write like that!”
and nearly all of us raised our hands,
everybody else cannot be better than everyone,
though others can impress you
with insight, wording,
a capturing of an elusive thought, feeling,
that each of us has sought to hold in words,
virtuosity is not a jealous god
but one who can visit and be with us all.
by Henry H. Walker
May 18, ‘15
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