"Job Description of a Poet"

I was mortified recently to discover that a young woman — perhaps more of a girl — did not know the difference between love and being in love.

What does that mean for our society?

Has it really come to this, a man explaining to a woman the difference between loving someone and being in love with him? Could this be yet another of the many benefits to society of decades of Feminism?

Love in all of its variations is essential to Life. Can we really forget that? Who must remind us, teach us, experience it so he can explain it all to us?

The poet, of course. And that's why I wrote "Job Description of a Poet". 

It may very well be the most giving thing I ever did.