How does one describe love without using the word “love”? Hell, how does one describe love with using the word “love”? How does a person show anger or rage with words, without violence? How can frustration, annoyance, elation or equanimity be expressed in text? Why do we need emojis? Because no matter the phrasing, when you’re communicating sentiment to someone, it always feels like you’re missing the mark; and that’s because you are. (You fucking failure!-) Trying to translate your emotions into words is an exercise in insanity, and the bigger your intellect, the greater the feelings of inadequacy become at the endeavor. Vocabulary is the biggest opponent of emotion.
Vocabulary is the rival of emotion. Poetry is the war between them. It is illogical prose. It is fact derived from feeling. It is fantasy manifest reality. It is false memory, clear as day. It's an autobiography of an eternal moment. It is a mystery solved without evidence. Poetry is a confession.
If poetry is a heart’s confession, then plagiarism is the mind’s crime. In a verse, the poet transcribes the forces of the nature into something with form and substance that can be touched by the mind. It is a paltry parody of poorly redacted prose, but we call it a poem, and the unwritten words are emotion. The human mind cannot fathom the depth of the spirit whence our emotions come, but ego wills us to try. You will never find a humble poet, only humble poetry.