prompt 199 about poems about you

Seems another world where I’ve been.  changing homes is more than changing pants.  but now here I am, seven hundred miles more north than I used to be.  hardly written a poem, long time.  nonetheless my turn now, so ready or not, greetings.  neil
  
there is a sequence here, so please, read me first.
maybe you’ve seen this video before.  if so, good for you!  maybe you haven’t and this will be your first.  if so, lucky you!  either way we pray, be not jaded nor cynical, be not immune, respond.  no matter how you commonly perceive the world, just for a few moments be new-born.  allow yourself to be immersed, moved by currents.  allow for buoyancy.  observe.  that will do.
now watch (no other disturbances, please).

don’t read here until you’ve watched the video.
here’s one question – what if this were ordinary?
 
however this prompt is not about the video.  the video is simply here to establish a mental frame of reference, a color, a willingness to see.
 
the question of this prompt is about poems and about you.  what makes a poem desirable to you?  what attributes? what makes you fond of it?  yes, that’s a value judgement, although not one of good vs bad.  and not just your own poems, but any poems.  look.  look till you see what is true for you personally.  reason, being reasonable, don’t matter here.  allow obstacles to take a rest.  be honest rather than right.  if you have to choose which poem goes in the boat, and which left behind – how?
 
when you’re trying to grow a poem – what kind of seeds do you look to plant?
 
how much does the poem itself participate?
 
so much as you’re able (and notice if and when you’re not) make positive statements.  descriptions that say what the poems “are not” don’t describe.  (tricky, huh?)
 
seems a simple question, doesn’t it?  but look for a while.  how much are you really able to see and say to this question.  feel free if you wish to include yourself within this environment (like you’re not anyway!).  what is your relationship “within a poem”?
 
and yes, make this all as a poem!  that’s why we’re here after all.  and of course, as ever, if the notions of this prompt begin, then go wandering as they wish, also fine.  (rules say, everything counts!)

neil