Since 1985
/With many years invested in the craft of writing, this poem paints a picture of the my dedication to the craft, as well as the specifics of the life I have lived as a poet and as a performer.
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Has picked up pencils, pens
to no end. Continues to blend
thoughts, ideas, visions.
Envisions walking on stages,
flipping pages, getting to gates
at airports to transport poems
across borders. Places poems in
a particular order. Ordering
coffees, teas, meals at
restaurants. It is he who
poetry, rhythms, rhymes
haunt, follow, remind, makes
him make time for writing,
reciting, designing.
It is his inventions with intention
for ascension word after
word, stanza after stanza
standing in front of cameras
because he creates, he is
crafty, he is exactly what
the crowd anticipates.
Since 1985 it has been this
way. A way with words. Superb.
Studying the science of placing
nouns, adjectives, verbs in the
most magical styles. A scientist.
A painter using vocabulary
to devise messages. The nine
year old who began to reason
is now a man seasoned. For
reasons he can and cannot
explain, but lives to tame
diction.
It is focus. Practice. Continuous.
Meditation. Mental elevation.
Dedication.
By Christopher Sims
From: United States
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