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By Jack Joseph Smith
Poetry is
thE outcomE
of My wAy
of LifE,
Not At All
A bEgINNiNg
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
The speaker calls poetry the outcome of a way of life and denies that it is a beginning.
The speaker places living before the poem, without specifying experiences or claiming that poetry requires a particular life. Mixed handwritten case remains uncertain.
Claude
The note says 'Poetry is / thE outcomE / of My wAy / of LifE,' and 'Not At All / A bEgINNiNg'.
Poetry is framed as a result of living, not a starting point.