poet materializes

When he introduced himself as a poet, the other party nodded his head, his eyes unfocused, trying to imagine what exactly that meant.

through or over

As a medium or as the messenger are two ways the poet can carry out her/his social mission.

poet without a career

I care most for those poets who don’t care about Poetry. [Thinking of Jack Gilbert.]

world in miniature

The genuine poet is all-knowing—he is an actual world in miniature.

—Novalis, Pollen and Fragments, translated by Arthur Versluis (Phanes Press, 1989), p.124

simple means

Because of its simple means (language), the educated poor are deeply attracted by poetry. The privileged impoverishment of being a poet in this world.