A Poet’s Poem
How many poems
Could a poet write
Mixing up the words... View MoreA Poet’s Poem
How many poems
Could a poet write
Mixing up the words
To sound just right
Manipulating sounds
To put them in order
Making up the rhymes
To entice the reader
Writing about love
For women or nature
Writing about family
From children to mature
Conjuring up laughs
Follow a chuckle or two
Twisting the words
For a tear or few
Avoiding plagiarism
Repeating own work
Contributing to contests
Publishing another book
How many poems
Could this poet write
To get his words
To sound just right
Written: 01-27-24
I realize that I’ll never be the next Shakespear or Robert Frost but I write because I enjoy it. It’s been a while since I wrote anything and thought I would put more thoughts to paper. I was sent an email from another publishing company that does a lot of contests. I tend to send in a poem or two without any expectations to winning the contests, and I don’t win either. I’m ok with that because I don’t write to please those who are grading on how we write. I don’t use fancy words that others have to interpret what the meaning of the poem is. I write for simplicity and put it in terms that I understand, layman’s terms. I was going to write more but this would work for its purpose
