Give Heart Poem by Jackie Chou

Give Heart

Is it a crime, to lack the ability to rhyme?
Should we shun, those whose words fail to stun?
So what if one's not a verbal queen,
or part of a scholarly scene.
Is it really tragic, when lines don't flow like magic?
Is it perverse, to not know how to make a verse?
To write a bad poem, then try to find it a home?
Relax, critic, don't be such a skeptic.
Give heart, to those who struggle with their art.
Give them till later, to make their craft better.