Some choose to write by candlelight <br />and some compose straight on the screen. <br />Whichever way to you seems right, <br /> that is the way it’s always been. <br /> <br />In days of yore you chose your quill, <br /> made sure the ink was close to hand <br />Before your parchment you could fill, <br /> then sprinkle it with silver sand. <br /> <br />A pencil is my chosen tool <br />I scribble quickly on my pad <br /> and then transfer it as a rule <br />to my computer: I am glad <br /> <br />to see it appear on the screen. <br />Neatly displayed in black and white <br />the font I use shows crisp and clean <br />Then I will edit and put right <br /> <br />whatever errors I have made. <br />Correct the meter and the rhyme. <br />The final draft is then displayed <br />. Re editing does not waste time. <br /> <br />It is a task you must not shirk. <br />Though I’m afraid that many do <br />and thus do not present their work. <br />as perfectly as they ought to. <br /> <br />It is entirely up to you <br />to show that you are willing to <br /> do everything that you can do <br /> to prove you’re fit to join the few. <br /> <br />Whose poetry will still be read. <br />Like the great poets of the past <br />In years to come when you are dead. <br />Whose golden words were meant to last.<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/aspiring-to-greatness/
