The Making Of A Poet (Ii) Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Poetry writing is a continual process
And it takes time in to be a poet,
Just one should have the aptitude for,
Flair for writing
Without which one cannot be,
Poetry is thoughts, ideas and reflections,
Images and motifs, myths and mysticism,
History and historicism,
History of man, earth and times,
Human life and time and development.

For to be a poet a man needs to be a thinking man,
One sensitive and sentimental
And sensuous enough to take up and catch fever
And frenzy with poetry,
A reader of man and manners, society around,
Its etiquettes and manners, morality and ethics
Using for different purposes,
The poet is a man thinking about man and his destiny,
The poet as a philosopher thinking about human predicament,
As a sadhaka doing the sadhna of poetry
After invoking the Muse.

A lover of art and society and culture, the poet is a man
Speaking about man and heritage retrospectively,
A lover of man, birds, beasts and flowers
He is a spokesman of life and the world,
Forests and greenery, pastures and hills, dales and vales
The joys of his his giving inner delight
And satisfaction to his heart,
A lyric writer writing the lyrics of life and the world,
A singer of heart he sings from his within
And the lines seem to be breaking from spontaneously.

For to be a poet one needs to be a good reader,
A writer and a spokesman, I mean an orator,
A researcher and a lover of antique things,
A voracious reader and a reviewer,
A visitor of art galleries,
A lover of music and songs,
Deriving from museums, historical excavations,
Olden books, calligraphy, myths, folktales,
Wild flowers and blooms, flora and fauna,
The poet for poetry's sake.