"The Poet" by Tom Wayman

Despite the world feeling like it's falling to pieces (or at least the government), National Poetry Month continues without a pause. Our search for poets writing about poetry (reading it, writing it, and everything in-between ) never rests. I post this poem today for anyone who is or knows a poet…

The Poet
by Tom Wayman

Loses his position on worksheet or page in textbook
May speak much but makes little sense
Cannot give clear verbal instructions
Does not understand what he reads
Does not understand what he hears
Cannot handle “yes-no” questions

Has great difficulty interpreting proverbs
Has difficulty recalling what he ate for breakfast, etc.
Cannot tell a story from a picture
Cannot recognize visual absurdities

Has difficulty classifying and categorizing objects
Has difficulty retaining such things as
addition and subtraction facts, or multiplication tables
May recognize a word one day and not the next

Found at: http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/015.html