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Young Poets 
 
With 
stoic introspection, 
unseen observation, 
private editorializing, 
unspoken confession, 
restrained rage, 
invisible passion, 
masked anguish, 
unexpressed love and 
unexpected savvy, 
Young Poets write, 
pulling their thoughts and feelings 
out of their minds and hearts 
like strands of yarn from bunches of wool 
to weave them onto paper, 
keeping them close 
to protect that sacred anonymity, 
where all possibilities remain real 
as long as they remain hidden. 
And hiding, 
Young Poets are everywhere. 
You can’t tell who they are by how they look. 
You’d be surprised if you knew who some of them were. 
Keeping their introspections to themselves 
and their observations unseen, 
a half step away from this fast, noisy world, 
their sanity laser-focused and 
their courage sometimes fearful, 
they pour out heart-wrenching pages 
with many colors and voices, 
all as true, 
all as real, 
as only the Young can be.