When a Poem Gets Few Reads

When a Poem Gets Few Reads

By Elton Camp

Although I am hardly a bard,
On my poem I worked so hard
The best words I tried to choose
And trite expressions not to use

When finally I had got through
And done the best that I knew,
I posted it onto the poetry site
Hoping it might bring delight

Several hours later I felt so low
Not even one person did there go
Days later, it was read by just two
I felt sad that readers were so few

But my writing it was not a mistake
Lack of interest is a chance you take
After all, how many folks can say,
“I wrote a poem back on that day.”
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010


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Date: 11/21/2010 1:34:00 AM
One thing more, when all the new poems posted and filled-up the limited space for displaying all new poems, yours will be pushed down until it is invisible and hard to be viewed and commented. So always you have to post a new poem to be viewed at the top of the page. Well done for this lovely poem, Elton and welcome to poetrysoup. (^_^) Noel.
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Date: 11/20/2010 5:44:00 PM
I know the feeling..it usually happens when ive written something I think is earth shattering...lol..keep trying..it is a problem..thats for sure. There are so many new poets now that I cant find time to comment on all of them..And so it goes..BTW..this is pretty darn good. BG
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