Oh Dr Poets - You Can Dropp The Doctor, Thanks Poem by Raj Arumugam

I’ve spoken of this before
but it must be said again -
when you come to a poetry site
you don’t need your academic
or medical titles
and we can do without a hierarchical mindset
So you can dropp your Dr, thanks
It wasn’t Dr Shakespeare was it?
It wasn’t Dr Keats was it?
It wasn’t Dr T.S. Eliot was it?
It wasn’t Dr Emily Dickinson was it?
It wasn’t Dr Kalidas was it?
Your poem can speak
on its own
and your name will be more memorable
naked and humble

and if we ever need a Doctor
we’ll call at the clinic
or in the narrow corridors of the University
but poetry knows no rank and title
so, hey, Mr Dr Poet -
you can dropp the Doctor, thanks


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The system here insists on having the word
spelled as D R O P P
and not as D R O P