Poets Are Born

Good poets are born, not fashioned.
The masters of sterility
write verses in prose and christen
them in the name of Poetry.

Meters are measured arrangements,
rhyme is correspondence of sound;
But devoid of inspiration
results, if ever, rarely found.

A poem must be a poets breath:
On inhalation he creates,
the exhalation, he narrates.
Breathing life into words once dead.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Kendrick Avatar
June 2, 2009 at 5:48 AM
I like your thoughts. I feel that it must be a gift of sorts to be able to put something down so that at least one other person gets meaning from it. I believe it is a gift from God. Sara
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