A Lot Of Tricks To Write A Poem Poem by Hebert Logerie

It takes a lot of tricks to write a great poem
It's not easy to understand the theorem
The magic, the divine essence of being a Poet
These days everybody is one: the Muffet pet
And the puppet. Everybody should express
Their feelings on paper. Even if it is a mess
If you are very famous like Michael Jackson
Whatever crap you write has teeth and bone
Everybody wants to read, all debris become viral
The Press is writing about it. Oh! This thing is genial
Oh! How wonderful to forget
Once you're famous, you can get
A lot of stuff for free: free marketing
Free publicity, famous writers are writing
About your works in the latest edition
Of the N.Yorker magazine. This a sensation
And your poem is on the first page. Big
Business wants you. In a flash your pink pig
Is sniffling the red carpet, because you're
A superstar, you're a genius. The main door
Is wide open. A singer needs a poet, a writer
A poet is a great lyricist. A writer appreciates a singer
Like Jacques Brel. What a genius! He was different.
His songs were like poems. He had style. He had talent
He put Louis Aragon in heaven. Suddenly, our tears will dry
No woman, no cries. Bob Marley now lives above the sky
With the angels and the saints. They have gone forward
And we, the aliens of Earth, are willing to go downward.

Copyright © December 2017, Hebert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.