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A POET or ONE REMOVE FROM A FOOL
A great writer/poet Edgar Allen Poe
once wrote in a story to be a poet
one must be one remove from a fool
I admit those words have haunted me
ever since I read them and made me
wonder many times if they could be true
because you see
I have taken my chances at business
now and then
but I could never get over on anyone
I have worked at various sorts of labor
time and again
but I could nver get the job done
yes sir if you are born to be a poet
then you shall find it to be very hard
to keep your doggerel inside of you
yes by crack ee if you truly are a poet
then it will be very hard for you
to find any other occupation
that will completely satisfy your mind
once wrote in a story to be a poet
one must be one remove from a fool
I admit those words have haunted me
ever since I read them and made me
wonder many times if they could be true
because you see
I have taken my chances at business
now and then
but I could never get over on anyone
I have worked at various sorts of labor
time and again
but I could nver get the job done
yes sir if you are born to be a poet
then you shall find it to be very hard
to keep your doggerel inside of you
yes by crack ee if you truly are a poet
then it will be very hard for you
to find any other occupation
that will completely satisfy your mind
Published 3rd Feb 2015
| Edited 29th Oct 2015
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3rd Feb 2015 4:58am
poetry is a leisure activity for most of us, tho we pursue it w/the heart of a warrior rather than a fool.
but it won't help you if you like to eat regularly...
but it won't help you if you like to eat regularly...
3rd Feb 2015 5:29am
thank you very much John you have made the first comment on my poems i have many more i will post
yes I have to say being a poet is a job not to be taken lightly and every now and then a good one
comes along and you are happy thelovepoet
yes I have to say being a poet is a job not to be taken lightly and every now and then a good one
comes along and you are happy thelovepoet
4th Feb 2015 1:25am
16th Jan 2016 4:14am
Very happy to have you stop by and I haven't been on very much lately again thanks bill fox
16th Jan 2016 4:14am
Very happy to have you stop by and I haven't been on very much lately again thanks bill fox
