<p>Poetry is not the thesaurus in your hand,<br/>
it’s not the magic in your heart,<br/>
it’s not in what you drink,<br/>
how you act,<br/>
who you are,<br/>
what you do with your life,<br/>
it’s words on a page.</p>
<p>Being a poet isn’t any different than being a person.<br/>
Being a good poet isn’t any different than being a good person.<br/>
A good person doesn’t feel they are better than you,<br/>
no matter how differently you see the world.</p>
— Stephen T. Kennedy “American Poetics”
