The Poet's Song

A poem is a song that our souls need to sing
Written to the music our emotions bring
The meloncholy tune that our spirit dreads
Cause the words to sing that's inside our heads

Through the poet's quill a poem finds its voice
His paper made a stage for it doesn't have a choice
The poet, just an instrument for the songs to play
His muse writes the words, telling the poet what to say

The poet finds the rhythm through the beat of his heart
While doing his best to perfect his art
The letters all audition while the music is made
Praying to be the star when the song is played

As the meloncholy tune starts to slowly die
The poet knows the ending is now drawing nigh
He lays down his quill that he's held so long
The poet's finally finished with his poet's song
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Taylor Avatar
August 18, 2011 at 10:31 PM
First class write, my friend. Glad to see you posting again. Hope you doing well. Haven't posted much myself lately, my wife's been in hosp for about a week with pneumonia! Thought I lost her, but she's slowly getting better. Still not out of the woods, but things are much better than they were this time last week. Have a great weekend. Best to you and yours. Ralph
Ditshwele Avatar
August 18, 2011 at 4:01 AM
A lovely piece Larry i enjoyed reading just keep them coming
Mantle Avatar
August 17, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Nice write Larry. Great opening line, love the idea of letters auditioning. I just hope one day I will be able to call my work art!! Have a great week, best wishes em :)
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