Homer to <br />Chaucer to <br />Whitman to <br />Bukowski et al. to <br />Me to <br />You <br /> <br />A poem is where I find it, <br />Not just what was written <br />In a different time. <br /> <br />Pieces of a poem are everywhere. <br />Pick them up, pull them together, write them down <br />And they call you a poet. <br /> <br />Ignore the pieces you see in person, read or hear; <br />You've wasted your sight and hearing <br />And they don't call you at all.<br /><br />Tom J. Mariani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-mandatory-rhymes-or-reason/
