How to Improve Your Poetry: Read, Write, Repeat

Read, Write, Repeat

They say if you want
to write better poetry,
you must read, read, read.
then write, write, write.

A peremptory urge to pen
an idea—I glance over
my notes, again & again.
Too didactic? Overly pedantic?
Not really.

I’m in a convivial mood at 4 a.m.,
cool struttin’ at my desk,
leaning over
what I’ve written down.

Words like
muti, excoriated & sorcellerie,
syncretic, prophylactic & puerile!
It does no harm, I guess.
Kills time too!

They say if you want
to write better poetry,
you must read, read, read.
then write, write, write.

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