The Touchy Tribe of Poets

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The Touchy Tribe of Poets

"I put up with a great deal to pacify the touchy tribe of poets." ~Horace

So everyone’s a critic, eh?

You write your heart out; then they say,

“Your meter’s off.  The rhyme is slant.”

It’s poetry! I won’t recant.

So then you try to pen free verse.

The touchy ones cry, “Yuck!  It’s worse

than when you wrote in rhyme.”  You rant…

It’s poetry! I won’t recant.

So then you say, “Well, I’ll write prose!”

but when you try to (arrggggh!) compose,

a poem blooms just like a plant.

It’s poetry! I won’t recant. 

So everyone’s a critic, eh?

It’s poetry! I won’t recant.  

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Notes:  Yep - once again, I felt compelled to write a Kyrielle Sonnet.  (And I won't recant either!)  But anyway, in case you were wondering, the inspiration, this time, came from the word prompt of 'tribe' courtesy of Sunday Scribblings.