Poetry For Poets: I Own This- Edition

Well hopefully you've read the last "Poetry for Poets", now here's the one I wanted to write, enjoy... POETRY FOR POETS (I own this- edition) Poems more organic than fertilizer rooted in the **** of life manure Some grow wild seeking their light through a gnarled thicket of images and symbolism. Ill watered or sprayed with chemical defoliants they strangle themselves, few managing to blossom. Manicured Poems thoughtfully precisely planted to achieve optimum yield banquet though occasionally poems require to be forged beaten into shape like a horse shoe with a few holes accurately placed ensuring they will be nailed to their purpose Pruned dead words and metaphors selectively snipped away stunning display There are times when it’s best to live with your poetry Cover yourself with its words until they stretch and become sloppery For its comfort increases as the stanzas begin to fray Patched elbows illuminating what you intend to say And eventually you’ll have a poem to slip into by the fire To savour with hot chocolate as it ignites your desire Poems more organic than fertilizer flourish when tendered with love