<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367898" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Who Would Be A Poet?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tell me, who would be a poet? <br>Just think what it entails...<br>And we know we'll sometimes blow it, <br>For every writer fails...<br>To think, that when we're feeling down, <br>We write to raise a smile, <br>But then we often have to frown, <br>Restricted by some style...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Eight syllables, then six below, <br>That's how I try to write...<br>Eight syllables to match the flow<br>Then six to keep it light...<br>So pretty soon verse three's arranged<br>Before the poem's done<br>And then verse four gets somewhat changed, <br>But don't tell anyone! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some names get swapped and switched around, <br>Some placenames, too, replaced...<br>And suddenly an ending's found<br>And that has to be phrased...<br>My, my, it's like a Mystory Tour! <br>All jumbled jolly stuff, <br>With heartfelt tales of sweet amour<br>And that weird thing called lurv...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For thirty years, I've typed and typed<br>And typed and typed again...<br>I've either griped or else I've hyped<br>And emptied every pen...<br>The Writing Bug's still bugging me...<br>And yet how much I owe it! <br>Except no sweetheart's hugging me! <br>So who would be a poet! ? </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367898" data-title="Who Would Be A Poet? de Denis Martindale" data-description="Tell me, who would be a poet? Just think what it entails... And we know we'll sometimes blow it, For every writer fails... To think, that when we're feeling down, We write to raise a smile, But then we often have to frown, Restricted by some ..."></div> </div> </div>

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