The Poet!
“light, winged, holy creature”
~ The words of Socrates to describe a poet, as quoted in
Penelope Murray, Plato on Poetry, 8
That’s always how I’ve thought about myself,
Yup, yes, of course, at least when I have thought
Of me as “poet”—surely more than just an elf
With little, cutesy wings. In fact, a lot
More serious is what I am, more like
A diademed archangel. Yes! I know
The truth about me as a poet. Hike
Me up to higher realms and make be glow
If you’re describing me, the rhymester. Don’t
Just think of me as someone who churns out
Those screeds of sonnets, though that is my wont,
But praise me as angel or I’ll pout.
..I’m nearly holy, Phillip poet me.
….Bow down before in my high degree.