Poets of his calibre then as now are quite rare
A true meaning of a mental ilness existence through poetic eyes
How great his poem was to become back then he would not realize
From the pen of a literary genius a cry of despair
Even on good and gifted people life is not always fair
In Northampton Asylum he breathed his last
But his poem "I Am' lives today as a cry from the past
Of a poet who was struggling with his inner strife
Of his mind's torment and the meaning of life
Of a mentally ill person living in poverty
His great poem 'I Am' tells of the reality
That mentally ill people face in life every day
People like John Clare for fame such a price have to pay.
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