After Dennis Haskell

Original:

At times I wonder what it is that really

Makes a poet; they say that he who owns

The most experience is wise. And wisdom, an

Attribute of age, comes with a great price I believe,

And so does Haskell. It changes you to think that life

Reveals ephemeral. I cherish reading every

Verse in the sweetest satisfaction that he believes

In the immortality of a poet in writing, ironically

Because finite human beings are objectified in a

Strange yet very meaningful way. A child can make so

Much sense of the mundane. A poet captures,

Or attempts to capture, a kind of experience:

Picasso spent most of his adult life trying to see

Through the eyes of a child, says he.

With experience and all that I may write with

I may never see my life in order

The way I think I should, accurately;

And to touch a thesaurus is sacrilegious. 


Revision 1:

At times I wonder what it is that really
Makes a writer; they say that he who owns
The most experience is wise. And wisdom,
An attribute of age, comes with experience, I believe,
And so does Haskell. Experience changes you to think
That life reveals ephemeral.

I cherish reading lines of poetry because I believe
In the immortality of a poet in writing, ironically
Because finite human beings live and die instead.
A child can make so much sense of the mundane.
A poet captures, or attempts to capture, a kind of
Experience:

Picasso spent most of his adult life trying to see
Through the eyes of a child.
With experience and all that I may ever learn to write with,
I would love to see my life in proper order
The way I think I should, consistently;
And to touch a thesaurus is heretic.