What makes a great poet? <br /> <br />Does he write or does he print? <br /> <br />Does he make changes of poems that are his old? <br /> <br />Does he have less than thirty poems? <br /> <br />Does he have well over five hundred? <br /> <br />Does he read other's poems? <br /> <br />Does he have a good sense of humor? <br /> <br />Is he somewhat always in a drug induced depressional trance like stupor? <br /> <br />Is he a normal human being writer or just plain super? <br /> <br />Does he have a college degree or just a high school diploma? <br /> <br />Is he or she single or married? <br /> <br />Did he or she spend most of their childhood in and out of foster homes? <br /> <br />Can i answer all or any of the questions above? <br /> <br />Is a great poet any race? <br /> <br />Most of the answers are yes or no or even maybe. <br /> <br />So are you or i considered a great great poet? <br /> <br />It all depends if you even know it! <br /> <br />Do you have a higher I.Q.? <br /> <br />Doubt it! Screw it! <br /> <br />Just go ahead and write it. <br /> <br />Just do it! <br /> <br />Great poetry comes from a great poets heart. <br /> <br />Great poets read and appreciates all great poems that beat real close to their heart in a way that is considered imaginateble and classy as art. <br /> <br />God bless all poets! <br /> <br />And that is all that needs be said!<br /><br />Michael Gale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/who-is-a-great-poet/
