My Poetry Is Good! Poem by Denis Martindale

My poetry is good, in fact,
It's really, really good
And I don't care how folks react
If that's not understood...
I aim to write with style and tact,
Like other poets would,
Sometimes with poems power-packed,
I knew I always could!

That's why I tried my very best
And failed at first, no doubt,
Yet wouldn't give up like the rest
Who wouldn't sort things out...
Instead, I struggled through each test,
As that's what life's about,
To write and get things off my chest,
Not keep these in and pout...

I vent my feelings now and then,
From Heaven or from Hell
And I've done that since way back when,
So long that's hard to tell...
But if I've paper and a pen,
I'll cast another spell,
I'll simply pause and start again
And sometimes I do well...

And yet, of course, not every time,
Sometimes I know I fail,
Perhaps there was a better rhyme,
Or some more noble tale...
I did my best when in my prime,
Though now I'm old and frail,
One truth remains, one truth sublime,
I'm Denis Martindale!


Denis Martindale March 2017.