I have an obsession with poetry

iambic meter or free verse,

all forms excite me.



lifting pen to page

gives me a thrill 

no amusement park can 

rival.

It takes so many forms
the words arrange so perfectly,
but the rules make writing poetry 
a basic pain.

I am a free poet,
because I do not like the rules.
For me letting the poetry fly as it chooses
seems to fit more stylistically.

Poetry has always been

my brain's escape,

perhaps because words

were comforting 

to the lost child within me.



comfort the little one

with such an echoing voice 

so the whole world hears my choice.

so many people see

poetry as above their

ability to understand,

I think it merely means 

that they have not seen 

a poem that is written 

for them.



poetry is something

of a personal nature,

what moves me may

never touch your soul.

the pen yearns

to bleed the soul dry

writing verse to page 

that will leave nary 

the dry eye.



the poet may have moments

of foggy brain and lack of muse,

still the urge to lift the pen 

will always be there.