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My dedication to Beth Evans
For her 
A poet's duty poetry contest
7th October 2020

A poet's duty

Can come in many different guises

Depends on who or what you
yourself as an individual are 
as the rules are blurred grey

But it will let you know and tell 
you a hell of a lot about who that person really is and stands for

It is said write about what you know
so i understand and no one has the
right to who or what you should write
about that is soley up you

But if all that you feel duty bound
to write about is your faith in god
i see you as beyond reproach who
lives a righteous humble life existence

Or of mother nature and budding flower in summer spring that all
you are is green fingered and watch
David Attenborough documentaries 

Or love and matters of the heart
that you have never been divorced 

I am and will be the 1st to admit
i do not and never will cosider
myself to be a real actual poet

I am merely a social commentator
with a sense of duty to writting in
the hope of engaging intellectual
discussion and hopefully in some
way helping other's make sense
of my limited life experience

Criticising and disrespect is
not for me to judge nor not
taking on board other people's
point's of view or trying to force 
or indoctrinate mine on other's 

But each to their own it's your
poem i mean you no disrespect
speech should come with freedom
if you are prepared to back it and
own it once you have posted it

But to me the beauty or essence of this
contest is how it's viewed taken and perceived

To some it may be vilified infringing
choice whereas to other's it may 
suggest to draw an individual
out into try writing outside the comfort
zone and encourage variety

So i see or view it as anything but
a bad thing as maybe in doing so 
someone may discover a hidden 
talent they never knew they had

To me i feel a dereliction of 
poetic duty is hiding faults 
insecurities bad and wrong 
opinions 

Otherwise how are you supposed
to get to know me or understand
where i am coming from

I don't expect you to agree
with me i know i get 
more things wrong than right 
i'm only human just like you
and don't want or expect to 
be liked 

Clearly i know i am not everyone's 
cup of tea come across as crass
but hey this is me warts and all 
my poem's are my sleeve

To me my only duty is not to deceive
any reader into thinking or believing
i am anything but my written word
and not a keyboard virtual liar in fancy
font disguised
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