may 2nd

a poem about poems


i never wrote a poem for financial gain
i never even really wrote a poem to get fame
though i have seen other poems and wanted to do the same

i have written poems as catharsis for pain
i have written poems as way of keeping sane
and ive sometimes written poems just to get thoughts out of my brain

i never wrote a poem for a contest or a prize
i never wrote a good poem in several hundred tries
though ive written many poems - any way and any size

ive written poems about drowning in eyes
ive written poems about things that i despise
and i even wrote a poem or two about hemlines rising up thighs

i never wrote a poem to try to earn respect
i never wrote a poem to try to get me sex
no wait, scrap that i tried, it was just i didnt get

ive rarely written poems for humourous effect
ive often written poems to commemorate upset
and for every poem like there are a couple of dozen i reject

i never wrote a poem that could make me belong
i never wrote a poem thats literarily strong
and poems i write often seem to end up as songs

a thoughts too short - a poem flickers then its gone
i worry when a poem i write starts to get too long
i feel like my poems on that game show waiting for the gong




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im feeling all biblical about the way this blog is now 40 poems old