Notes About The Poem
8/31/2026 for Dear Poetry Poetry Contest, sponsored by Silent One
Dear Poetry
Dear Poetry,
Wait! I AM poetry.
So, let's make that, "Dear Poet".
Dear Poet,
Why do you write me?
Or, should I say, "Why DID you write me?"
After all, I'm already being read by my audience.
Isn't that right, reader?
I wrote you, dear poetry,
to express whatever crazy thought or feeling
was in my brain or heart,
giving it a chance to escape
that bat house or that broken down heap,
knowing that no one has to listen,
as the reader
(if you can believe it)
is reading you voluntarily!
...and, by the time you are being read, dear poetry,
I, the poet, am long gone,
and the person with egg on their face,
(i.e., the "poetry")
is you!
Sincerely,
the Poet (er, the Poetry, er, oh, for heaven's sake!)
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