What's The Precise Process Of Prose? Poem by Denis Martindale

Is there some process shown involved in prose or poetry
Until one version stands resolved in perfect harmony?
Because each poem represents some wisdom or insight,
Must years pass by until we sense perfection makes things right?
Beyond the rhymes that end each line, contrived or otherwise,
Is there some method to define beyond the truths and lies?
The phrases in our first drafts stay unless we change our minds,
Or Grammarly comes into play for errors that it finds,
Like editors improving text when we submit each verse
Or leave us vexed or plain perplexed or make the poems worse.
Perhaps we leave our thoughts a while, returning hopefully
To finish off and then to smile at precious poetry.
Perfection directs the process, the quest each poet takes,
The earnest search for happiness once inspiration breaks,
Reciting, pausing to compare each syllable expressed,
Until we choose what thoughts to share, we thought the very best!


Denis Martindale. January 2022.