RAGE

Poet, be not daunted by the poems you cannot write:
A poet must work to find words that flow.
Rage, rage against the rhyming that is trite.

Your knuckles around your pen may be white,
And it may seem your skill has reached its plateau--
Poet, be not daunted by the poems you cannot write.

You may reach a point when meter does not excite,
And you must, to prove that you are still a pro,
Rage, rage against the rhyming that is trite.

You may be suffering from total creative blight,
But let this not stop your writing! And so,
Poet, be not daunted by the poems you cannot write.

Some poems are long and tell of the plight
Of ancient gods and heroes from long ago,
And they rage, rage against the rhyming that is trite.

Like those heroes, you must strive and fight
To produce a poem that makes readers cry, "Whoa!"
Poet, be not daunted by the poems you cannot write.
Rage, rage against the rhyming that is trite.