Where do the poets end and the would- be- poets begin? <br />It is with one or two for a generation or even a nation? <br />Or is it the elite few? Or perhaps the in- circle academic privileged? <br />Is it only with the anthologized? And those of what are taken to be the ‘best magazines? ’ <br />Or is it at the other end <br />With anyone who dares to write a line <br />And hide it for themselves? <br /> <br />Is it with the completely unknown and never to be known <br />Who finds the words for a depth of feeling that must be said? <br />Or somewhere in the middle along the way <br />Where amateur stops and professional pretends to begin? <br /> <br />No one knows for certain <br />And does it matter anyway? <br /> <br />Write your would – be- poetry <br />Whoever you are <br />You are your own poet <br />Star, or no star.<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/where-do-the-poets-end-and-the-would-be-poets-begin/
