Poets Where Are You? Poem by Daniel Kleinhans Wentzel

the day
poetry died
an ordinary day
the words just quietly faded
away

they've all
gone, one by one
our prodigal poets
all we have left is the final
countdown

finding
friends on facebook
spacing out in myspace
following and being followed
twitter

they all
just up and left
so what are you doing?
obsessing with what's on your mind!
return

I say!
your inner self
share who you really are
sacrifice a few pokes and tweets
for words

yes words
savoured with salt
words that yearn to be heard
that emanate from deep within
again!

forget
what's on your mind!
tell me what's in your heart!
that is what you should be doing
please write!