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heralded as

a commodity most respected

here amid the physical poverty

the riches in the poet spirit

break away

erasable envies

finger dance

around the inevitable

poetry is writ for love

rarely for money

at times for the need of self sharing

and truth

but never as a means to fill up the

horrendous hungry void

that boredom breeds in the mind ever a plenty

its when the soul needs a venue

thats when the poet hands himself a pen

poetry chooses to be written and by whom

and all is entirely crafted from the deepest within

a shallow poet

is the easiest to spot

he writes to impress

more so than express

his words fall unnaturally upon the discontent of

his page

yet, its the poet who too heavily relies upon the

coining of words that are vague and grandiose

who drives readers away in train loads

but true depth too itself is scary

but its a good scary

and though its true that not everyone can stomach

and or adequately describe just what in themselves

they find

but if he's 'The Poet True'

he finds a way to entice his readers to join him

on his quest

everyone has it in them

to write a little poetic script

sustaining such efforts though

takes deep, strong insight of self

yet if such years of dedication yield a crop

that won't pay

that is when the wanna be poet should concede

his lack and alter the  purpose of his pen

great playwrights have been known to be born

of dead beat poets

the constantly piercing endeavor of brutal

self discovery

takes the most courage

lending much suggestive weight to the very old

adage that the pen is mightier than the sword

if this is indeed true then the likes of

Yeats

Blake

Elliot

Tennyson

and Longfellow

are the most courageous knights

that ever took up

and wielded the mighty pen.............

(written Oct. 3, 2002 10pm)