Is This Your Contest

Is this your contest?

A tantalizing tease that you give
 to dally with the poet to take leave and sieve
away from their ingrained tradition
 to mold and form some wavering transition
that fits, contorts, evolves and forms
 the poetry desired by you to be born?

Sometimes, 
 I must confess
rules and specifications cause me to stress
 as I wallow patient in my regress,
but all the same, 
 I'll not leave my name
but try harder to conform
 while from my own pleasures I am easily torn.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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