If You Refer To Yourself As A Poet Poem by Francis Duggan

It is true what is said about poets they are few
But one can add to that tell us something that's new
You will not find many like Burns and Mangan and Clare
Just to mention three great poets and their type are rare
Many who aspire to the greatness of literary note
Are known to refer to themselves as a poet
It is a great title the him or the her
On themselves have taken it upon to confer
On who is or is not a poet ask someone other than me
The paid literary critics on such never seem to agree
The music in poetry has died with the passing of rhyme
But few things stay the same through the decades of time
If you refer to yourself as a poet with me that is okay
But to yourself It is a huge honor you pay.