A 'poet's response to criticism

[Psimon]

A 'poet's response to criticism

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There's some who say I can't stop rhyming,

to me it's just a case of timing.

Cause if the moment suits me fine then

I'll write whatever the hell I want to

and not give a hoot for senses of rhythm and meter

and all that other stuff that I really know nothing about.

 

I've had no formal education

to mold and shape my punctuation.

What I write comes from frustration

at not being able to get down on paper

(or screen if you will) what I'm thinking

or feeling at that particular place and time that I am.

 

And so I break all sorts of rules

that some would say were made by fools

but I say, 'Hey! - why not use tools.

Or anything that helps you feel better

about what you write or feel and makes a fair

degree of sense to you, if not to anyone else in the world.

 

Enjoy or not, I leave to you.

There's nothing more that I can do

to make you think my words are true

except to put these particular thoughts down

for any and everyone to come along and read

at their whim or they may just choose to discard them

and continue to think me a rhyming idiot with no talent, no money and no looks.

(Though the first two are true, the last most definitely ISN'T! )

[Peredhil]

Peredhil begins laughing in delight.

 

There are a couple of quotes, for example, President Andrew Jackson or Raymond Chandler, which would fit in this thread.

 

But I think I'll leave the focus on this fun quirky work.

[Parmenion]

Touché

[Tralla]

This is great, and delightfully original. Well done, Psimon.