OK I might not write
Top-class poetry
So what? I get a kick out
Of writing just for me
To me I’ve always thought that
Poets basically
Write poetry to please themselves
And not for you or me
But if you/me or anyone
Like what they’re writing down
Simple, trite or otherwise
We follow them around
You may think what I’ve written here
Is simple, plain and trite
So what? I’ve exercised my poet’s right
To write just what I like
-DON MATTHEWS
Don is an Australian writer who focuses on humour. He runs the ‘Flippant, Comic, and Serious’ website.
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Don’s poetry is in a class of its own. I think when we write to fit in or please others, we take away the creative uniqueness that could flavor our words. Write to express, write to share, write to explore, but write to impress? I’m unsure of that. If the words are worthy, they will make space for themselves. Do it for the want of doing it, and let words lead you on. That gut feeling is hardly ever wrong.
Congratulations Don!
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Agreed Terveen…..
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Writing is a form of self-expression, and if we keep on writing, then, we will, always, know who we are, and never get lost.
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