How does one become a

What makes one a

Who am I to call myself a

Poet?

How does one write

What makes my words

Who am I to say that I make

Poetry?

Meter

Couplet

Refrain

Rhythm

Stanza

Pentameter

Rhyme

Where is mine?

Free verse

Is worse

Give me

S R C U E

T U T R

Give me sestinas

Villanelles

Haiku and Sonnets

Limericks and odes

Ballads galore!

Break me free

Bring me free verse

Let me put pen to paper

Finger to key

Let me make poems

That are just for the eyes

Let me make poems

That shape how I feel

Let me be a poet

Let me write poetry

Let me send out the pieces

I’m less proud of

Let me send out the pieces

Only for me

Let me learn

Let me grow

Let me write

Pass me a pen