A poet thickens experience with words so a moment is captured in a
concentrated form enabling others to experience that moment as well.
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poet = an artist who uses words as a painter uses paint or a composer uses musical notes
thicken = to make sensations, emotions, and thoughts more substantial, palpable, focused
and intense, and therefore more available to experience
experience = whole knowledge gained through full-bodied engagement with the world
word = transmitter of experience
as well = ‘also’ – with associations of ‘well’ as a source and ‘well’ as whole and fine