Life as a Poet Knows It

I want to start this post off with the disclaimer that in no way am I trying to teach people how to write poetry. Systematic, routine poetry is not poetry at all, and therefore, genuine poetry cannot be taught. However, there are some things that I have picked up over the years that help me better express myself in my writing, things that allow me to say things that I never thought I would be able to say or express ideas that I never thought I would be able to depict.

Happiness clouds my hate

My reflection?

How is it that poetry

From the ends of the earth,

Write something,

the problem with

Nothing fuels a poet

I possess a weapon.