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TALENT, by                    
First Line: I am a namer of words
Last Line: I am a poet.
Subject(s): Language; Poetry & Poets; Writing & Writers; Words; Vocabulary


I am a namer of words.
I find in the cast-out language
An essence of rhythm and beauty
And baptize it into usage, to delight again.
I chisel words for man's mind
To tell that which he cannot say,
And dares not if he could.
I transform the works of industry
Into realms of god-like wonders
And reap the seeds of imagination.
I unlock the secrets of animals
And make them speak again.
I cause critics to umpire my labors
And acknowledge my art,—
I am a poet.





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