I thought that it was John Lennon that claimed Smokey was America’s Greatest Poet.
’Bob Dylan famously called Smokey Robinson “America’s greatest living poet” for the exquisite beauty, pain and affection in lyrics to “Tracks of My Tears,” “Tears of a Clown” and so many other songs Robinson wrote and sang during his heyday at Motown in the 1960s and 1970s.’
@mahgister, you can check out Smokey Robinson's “Tracks of My Tears and “Tears of a Clown” on you tube. You will love his poetry!