Writing a Poem
This is what I need to write –
A pencil and a pad
And someplace where the background noise
Won’t drive me almost mad.
Of course I need a topic
Which will get my brain in gear
Or else from my surroundings,
Inspiration may appear.
The first line leaps like lightning
From the pencil to the page.
The rest proceeds more slowly
As the thoughts and rhymes engage.
But the ending, ah the ending
Is the toughest nut to crack,
The point where many chuck it all
And let the words go slack.
So oftentimes I’ll read my poem
Again and yet again
Until I find a way to end
And then I’ll say – amen!
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