A purple wildflower grows through a brass tuning fork planted in moss beside a small feather.

Original artwork, not a still

Joseph Joubert

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Finding poetry is made dependent on what the observer brings to the encounter. The line suggests that sensitivity or imagination helps make poetic experience possible, rather than treating it as a feature anyone will automatically notice. Discovery becomes partly an act of participation.

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