I have decided to write a poem about poetry today. I am often asked. "What makes a poem?" Very simple question for me to answer. "You do." There is no point in having a poem if you do not share it. If it is out there someone will connect with it. Read it and be moved in one way or another, because of it. I often ponder for hours, if I should or should not share a piece of my work. Eventually I settle on the same decision. What is the point of having it, if it is not shared. You the reader will decide if it is good and that is my only aim. To allow you to decide. :)
What Makes a Poem?
What makes a poem does anyone know?
The stanza, the structure, the way it will flow.
Why are some quoted and others so great?
Those magical phrases or lines filled with prate.
Who decides which ones to embrace?
The ones to praise up and the ones lambaste
How does a poem reach famous books?
The ones so embraced and the ones so forsook.
Who is the person who gives the revue?
The author or the agent, no quite simply it’s you.
When you read a poem so full of emotion?
It is the reader who reads it, that sets it in motion.
Who passes it on and knows what is best?
Tis you... Not some agent, sat at their desk.
Is it a Poet Laureate who wants to impart?
It’s you who will hold those words, deep in your heart.
By Helen Stallard
February 26 2014
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