I'VE NEVER READ A BAD POEM

OPINION

I was just thinking,
which I dare and do
some of the time.
I was thinking about how
everybody and their
friends and enemies
have opinions about
poets and poetry.
Which is great and
acceptable to me as
a free tinker and
non-respecter of persons.
The gamuts of opinions run from
fools to brilliant, from academia, to
smart, professional, and illiterate.
I believe, and I'm not asking
anyone to agree with me,
that every poet has the
right to express what emotions,
mind, heart, and soul dictate.
This is one of the major
reasons I have for years never
READ A BAD POEM.
Yes, I have read some poems
I didn't understand, get the
flow of the syntax or rhyme.
They were reminders of how
narrow my experiences and
understanding of the language is:
It's me, not the poet.
Again, I am speaking only for me
and my attitudes and beliefs.
I use to wear the critics' hat
until I read the amazing poetry
of a person with a 70 IQ.
I discovered poetry is the heart,
not the head's release,
BUT
the amazing release of the soul.
Now you know why I enjoy reading
YOUR poems...they're great.