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How To Be A Poet

In the name of understanding, a preface:

Lecture hall’s crowded

Half a mile away

Poet reads poems

Poet say’s

“We all have poems inside us

Raw material”

Poet continues

“Here is a list of tools to use

To think about

For your raw material”

 

How To Write Poetry:

1. Be egotistical.

2. Always positive. No violence.

3. Short poems of time.

4. Time is everything.

5. Nouns

6. Scotland is inspirational.

7. More nouns

8. She said faith.

9. More nouns

10. Lament yourself

11. The Cello In The Corner

12. Lists

13. Questions.

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