Being A Poet Is Good But.... Poem by Akinrinola Tosin Emmanuel

POEM: BEING A POET IS GOOD, BUT.......
POET: AKINRINOLA TOSIN EMMANUEL
MOOD: MELANCHOLY


Just like every professions poetry is one,
Am a poet, a gifted and talented one.
Just like a gold smiter, I smite Words, blend words and play with words, people call me a wordsmiter.
Just like a drunkard, each time I hold my pen I got drunk with words.
Just like john the baptise, I am baptized by the holy ghost with words.
let me take you to the world of poetry, which am skeptical about.


Being a poet is good, but am so sad to be one
sitting for hours to smite words, writing for hours like a drunkard to carve out words, yet no encouragement!
Being a poet is good, yes you hail me, yet I write and post on Facebook, still I get little of No likes.
Being a poet is good, have written up to a hundred plus poems, am financially down, no sponsor, yet my president said am lazy.

Being a poet is good, am sure you never want to be one!
I take this as a profession, yet can't even punch out a penny from my pocket.
Mummy and Daddy is waiting,
Friends and Family are pulling my leg,
Fans are hailing me, still I appear like a layman.

Being a poet is good, Am not trying to Castigate poets but the reality is shown,
At times I feel like I should stop writing and at times i turn poetry to a fun thing.
Should I say the country is not suitable for poets?
Should I say poet are not always encourage here?
Should I say there is a world meant for poets alone? then, there I will go.

Being a poet is good but I wonder why some hiphop singers get millions like and becomes a celebrity with that, while we poets still struggle to be known.
Yes, you can make reference to people like Professor Wole Soyinka who has made it in the poetry word, But that was then, Not now!
Am trying to be plan, nevertheless, being a poet is good even no matter the condition I will keep writing.