POEM "Being a Poet Is..."

 

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 Being a Poet Is…

By Richard H. Fay

Being a poet is 
A relief and a burden.
Being a poet is 
A pleasure and a torment.
Being a poet is 
A credit and a disgrace.
Being a poet is 
A comfort and an anguish.
Being a poet is 
A solace and a distress.
Being a poet is 
A delight and a sorrow.
Being a poet is 
A calmness and a frenzy.
Being a poet is 
A rapture and an ordeal.
Being a poet is 
A godsend and a nuisance.
Being a poet is 
A glory and a stigma.
Being a poet is 
A saneness and a madness.