WORLD POETRY DAY
I hear that today is World Poetry Day
So the good, bad and indifferent can have their say,
In whatever form they care to choose,
How nice if anything memorable ensues!
But it can seem like an excuse for the outstretched hand
From the poetry elite and their support seeking band
Playing the hard-up tune for their cause
Keeping it going...milking hands-up applause,
While the unsung souls quietly scribble their way
To personal satisfaction and a pleasure-filled day.
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M.C. Newberry
Sun 24th Mar 2024 17:49
John/Manish/Holden and Hugh - thank you for the "likes".
In fairness, I certainly appreciated being paid for my various
published poems but I have spent far more in self-pubilshing
and contributing to the liks of WOL and suspect the existence
of a self-propagating world in which the aim is to obtain large
sums from the public purse in pursuance of a certain type of
poetical product via competitions and campaigns in various names that see a paucity of verse in evidence.