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"See it like a poet" by Charley Barnes
See it like a poet
For National Poetry Day 2020
I wonder whether I am one
yet, poet enough
to see the full mug as more than
porcelain – instead, bulbous
and bodied and bringer of tea.
I wonder whether my vision
extends beyond
the view of a green garden –
instead, sees a landscape
of luxury manmade,
but masquerading as nature.
I wonder whether my foresight
allows a fresh perspective
on life – instead, an empty scroll
or notebook or forest,
and I a woodcutter.
I wonder whether imagination
might makeover
a meal to a banquet
or a vine to a jungle –
instead, make the ordinary
something extravagant,
where we might breathe in meaning.
Although, sometimes I wonder
whether seeing means nothing
more than looking –
and thinking a while.
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