If I like the work of a poet

That's a personal point of view.

It's not a presumption of mine to show it

Means others must admire it too.

 

In the business world, in geographical terms,

Publishers know where north and south is,

And the every day their work affirms

That they put their cash where their mouth is.

 

The world of commerce of any sort

Is subject to much that is fickle,

And experience in trade cannot be taught -

It survives the scythe and sickle

 

Of passing fads and fashions

That must be met with wise accounting

And not the passing penury of passions

That can deplete any profits mounting.

 

So - if you wish to wax lyrical

About some stuff you've read

And think in terms empirical

That the world should admire it instead

 

It might help if you put your hand

Into your pocket and paid

Towards the cost of having it stand

On poetry's published parade!

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