A Most Famous I Am Poem

The most famous 'I Am' poem came from the pen of John Clare When in Northampton mental asylum his type of person rare Since when mentally unwell his best poems he did pen One of the most amazing in his time of literary men. The most famous 'I Am' poem of self does not boast From the pen of one who to self never drunk a toast A poor and mentally ill and near forgotten man One close to the end of his tragic life span. The most famous 'I Am' poem to it has a sad ring 'Tis not of the wonderful life it does sing Now used as the anthem poem of the mentally ill The most famous 'I Am' poem life's cup of dark sorrows does fill. The most famous 'I Am' poem not a great song of life But of one who had struggled with his inner strife From the heart of a poor poet a cry of despair The most famous 'I Am' poem from the pen of John Clare.