Why he wrote

I know that they do not wish to be rude

But oh how often have I heard them say

'I don't like poetry', as if that way

They could shrug off their own crude

Assessment of the language which they use

Day after day as practical, objective

And remote from metaphor, expletive,

Emotional outporing or abuse.

I don't write verse to gain some poets' prize

Or flatter with the beauty of a thought;

I write this way because I have not choice

Not knowing wht will come until the voice,

Which only lives once on the page, was wrought

A simple verse that's worthy of your eyes.

Brian Hick 2009

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