Life Is Fragile As Is Poetry
By J. E. Tate
Life is fragile, handle with prayer;
Fill your poems with fine fanfare.
No need for abject apology,
When armed with humble kneeology.
The mouth tastes food as ears test words,¹
Bad verse written is for the birds.
Keep lines fresh and somewhat terse;
Readers will yearn for your solid verse.
Avoid displaying tempestuous strife,
While packing lines full of facets of life.
Saturate poems with worthwhile stuff,
They’ll never say, that’s enough.
Poetic streams run to the sea,²
Never overflowing their destiny.
¹Job 34:3
²Ecclesiastes 1:7
Copyright © James Tate | Year Posted 2017
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