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A Poet of His Word

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A Poet of His Word "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only." James 1:22 (ESV) "Doers" of the word, in the Greek, means performers , especially used of poets, from the Greek word "poietes". The Apostle Paul used the same word in direct reference to poets: "In him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we are indeed his offspring'". Acts 17:28 (ESV) Poets perform their work by speaking to an audience or publishing books. A poem begins with ideas and emotions, feelings and desires and fears, but it is nothing until the poet uses words to create structure and meaning. Until the poem is spoken or sung or written or performed, the ideas and emotions and feelings and desires and fears are impotent and worthless. Even for the poet himself, if the poem remains unworded, unrealized, vague and internal, the poem does not affect or influence or satisfy . But, "doing" the poem br