Please Persist With Poetry
Please persist
With poetry,
Though you stand accused
Of wasting precious time
On the silly art of rhyme.
You have a task,
You poets.
Of re-presenting life,
The essence to attain
Thus making real again.
You live for others,
Via poetry.
Watching with all senses,
Hearing with emotions
And feeling through expressions.
You forge a link,
Through poems.
With lilting turn of phrase
And silky sequinned word
You make your reason heard.
You sow a seed
With poems.
So whoever cares to read
The slender lingual links
Will grow as your heart thinks.
You share yourself
In poems.
Laying bare your inner life,
Engaging our humanity
And so voiding your inanity.
You shift our views
With poetry.
Evading common sense
And using verbal dancers
To question all our answers.
So don’t give up
On poetry.
You owe it to yourself
To probe your mind with artistry
And weave your oral tapestry.
Copyright © Bray Holt | Year Posted 2022
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