Poem - Making

if you can capture the moment and all its salient points remember all the details and recollect what happened when the dust settled in a way that’ll keep people reading until the very last full stop then you should try putting it down on paper go on - be a devil - write a poem. it doesn’t have to philosophise materialise or realise as a treatise all it has to do is be readable and relatable no need for it to be a manifesto or capable of making flowers grow just so long as most of the people understand most of the words most of the time. if something emphatically moves you be it a wedding, death or birth then let the experience flow right out of you if it changed your outlook, if it were worth go on, write it down and some and if it’s good, handsome don’t keep the words stuck inside let them take you on a ride. shine on and shout out if it’s a word don’t ever doubt in years to come when you look, reflect and remember someone with deep respect you’ll be grateful the words came out to play and who cares if some went astray if you’ve got it, flaunt it and if it’s too quiet, shout it! January 1996