Three Thousand Poems! Poem by Denis Martindale

Each poet has to do the biz,
Before he proves that he's a wiz!
If not, then what's the point of this,
When that first written draft's amiss?
Enough to make the critics hiss,
Because those words were left as is,
Unedited, not granting bliss,
Not even worthy of a kiss!

Each poet learns the way to write,
To first inform and then excite,
Such that each reader finds delight!
Once writers write with all their might
Compressing themes with wise insight,
In sharing dreams to keep things bright!
Still telling truths in black and white,
And reaching for the highest height!

Each poet's shared what's thought his best,
Through words called from God's treasure chest,
Beyond first poems that addressed
Romantic rhymes! First loves confessed!
Past loneliness that finds no rest,
Far greater poems that impressed,
When true love's proof that hearts were blessed!
Three thousand poems! Who'd have guessed?


Denis Martindale. January 2021.