When you put your words on paper <br />Are you writing a poem or just data <br />Do you consider that someone is reading <br />Exposing your heart as it is bleeding <br /> <br />When you put the words down <br />Are you aware that they make us frown <br />Is a few lines even a stanza of verse <br />Or just a query perverse <br /> <br />Why write a poem at all <br />When your words just fall <br />Off the page in a rush <br />Without causing us to hush. <br /> <br />So many words used <br />Think poetry is abused <br />Blog if you must <br />Dont use our trust <br /> <br />Why write a poem <br />If all you want is <br />To vent a feeling in <br />A few words or many. <br /> <br />Oh thats right <br />Thats why you write a poem...<br /><br />Alison Smith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-write-a-poem/
