Brian Baumgarn Poet I do not know?

Writers Are:

Writers Are:

We are all the carnal
offspring of nouns and pronouns,
verbs and adverbs, conjunctions,
"INTERJECTIONS," and adjectives;
with the occasional preposition
thrown in there for good measure.
When feeling naked we clothe 
ourselves in form, meter, 
syntax, grammar, and style. 
Fortunately, we do have the DNA
of the nine muses on our side.

So,to quote a famous movie star,
"I've got that going for me!"

Addendum:

I went searching online for 
writing journals which accept poetry 
for publication or posting. 
I saw on one of the journal websites
which accept poetry submissions 
that they were only interested
in poetry which is "intellectually provocative!"
So, while the Muse was upon me, I 
stripped naked, sat down, and wrote
what I thought was a damned fine
piece of free verse. They have yet to
respond to my submission!

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Darlene Gifford June 30, 2015 at 7:19 PM Hi, Brian, I agree with your line, writers have a lot going for them. Not sure about the rest of your comments. But I keep a writer's open mind. I took it as humor. ~~~Darlene Brian Baumgarn July 1, 2015 at 12:57 AM I agree, Darlene, that writers have a lot going for them. In particular their own perspective on life! The addendum is more or less a protest against elitism as it exists in some of the journals and publications, etc. If you have written something and submitted it here, it is just as valuable as an award winning piece if it is from your own heart. Brian Baumgarn June 30, 2015 at 11:20 PM it was very tongue and cheek, Darlene, and thanks for the comment