Some take their writing seriously <br />Whilst others are just dilettantes <br />Though my muse states imperiously, <br />that I must write the way she wants <br /> <br />The duties writers undertake <br /> are manifold and various. <br />They have to write make no mistake <br /> on subjects light or serious. <br /> <br />They know it is their duty to <br />deflate the self important fools. <br />Who in their ignorance pursue <br />a vain attempt to scrap all rules. <br /> <br />Discard the lessons of the past. <br />Insisting anything will do. <br />A fashion I am sure wont last <br /> when readers can compare it to. <br /> <br />Fine verse that stood the test of time. <br /> The glories of formality <br /> by masters of meter and rhyme. <br />Which they left for posterity. <br /> <br />Though I concede all have the right, <br /> to write in any way they choose. <br />To some free form is sheer delight. <br />All down to taste I must suppose. <br /> <br />26-Jul-08 <br />http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-matter-of-choice-for-m-lady-indira/
