![Anne Spencer –1975](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaN8HfZ-Q4H1pPA3v6iteYVt1t9jawZ4Z0miyd-PBwFlaFcnbvSrgyLcKw9VzmqpiWWXLppD7E1WeiyZDs2K-SejTJdMIkZf_XSI-bYjA4MgJAlKTMrIs4oC1tfi0clfn3wVac7EIiZfQ/w291-h320-rw/anne-spencer.jpg)
Turn an earth clod
Peel a shaley rock
In fondness molest a curly worm
Whose familiar is everywhere
Kneel
And the curly worm sentient now
Will light the word that tells the poet what a poem is.
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