The Patience To Perfect The Poem

THE PATIENCE TO PERFECT THE POEM

The patience to perfect the poem-
Escaped me.
Driven always to
More and more,
Unrestrained and unrefined
I left behind
Too many
Shoddy lines.
Now in my old age
I write again one more poem
I soon will go on from.

poem by Shalom Freedman
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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