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Apparently, the era of today does not belong to poets, judging either 

from the aspect of markets or from the atmosphere of the entire society. 

Yet I would like to be a poet after all, thus thinking and wondering if 

this is really an era of mine. Need lessly to say in this period of time, I 

have got my family, someone whom I once loved and who once loved 

me as well as my beloved relatives and good friends. 

Poets are, naturally, the species with deepest emotions, dreaming 

and fantasizing throughout their lives. What should poets be like, 

according to my understandings? To start with, poets should have 

the compassion towards the heaven and the empathy with the human 

beings, the competence of observing the sorrow and grief of all matters 

in the universe and feeling sympathetic among themselves. Secondly, 

poets should possess the nature of craziness and arrogance, the courage 

to imagine what others dare not think of, and to conduct what others 

dare not do. Furthermore, poets should own the willpower of extreme 

perseverance, so as to never be taken down by numerous setbacks. 

Finally, poets should be able to have great command of all kinds of 

knowledge that range from the scientific theories to the apprehension 

towards the boundless world, and then comprehend the mysteries of life 

with their hearts. 

The state of poetry writing can be divided into six stages -the awareness 

of sight, the awareness of taste, the awareness of smell, the awareness of 

sensitivity, the awareness of fantasy, and the awareness of selfness. The 

awareness of sight refers to a proper appearance, meaning that a poem