I've been jotting down poems for years and when I don't write them down they are there in my head anyway. I see and hear poetry everywhere, in conversation, on the news, when I read a book. Sometimes whole passages jump out at me and I see the rhythm and rhyme even when it isn't meant to be verse. Poetry is everywhere not just in those dusty poetry books at the back of the library bookshelves.
We probably all wrote poetry at school. Some of us may even have enjoyed it. But how many people do you know that write poetry now? Or admit to it. Poetry has a bad name. It's seen as 'worthy', airy-fairy, a thing that only some rather privileged effete young men and bored housewives do. Well, it doesn't have to be, it can be anything you want. Just listen to the words of John Cooper Clarke and Hovis Presley. It really is up to you. Go on, just give it a go.
Write Poetry
Everyone
should write poetry,
it’s just
words put together
one after
each other
in a
certain order.
It doesn’t
have to be clever.
It doesn’t
even have to rhyme.
No need to
work to meter.
Just write
down the lines.
Just write
it down
anyway that
you like,
it’ll be
fine.
It doesn’t
need to be in motion
or even
Andrew Motion.
Wax
lyrical,
get
crucial,
you really
don’t need consumption
or a pallor
and no gumption,
there is no
magic potion.
It’s just
words put together
no pressure
whatsoever.
Everyone
should write verse.
Doesn’t
matter if you use a pencil or crayon,
use a smile
from a stranger,
a moment of
danger,
a heartbeat,
a falling
tear mopped,
a strong cup
of tea,
a bad time
stopped.
Everyone
should write poetry.
Believe me
it’ll make
you feel happy
even when
it’s crappy.
I know that
it does me.
It's the best
sort of therapy.
Trust me and try it,
Trust me and try it,
you’ll see.
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