WHY DO I WRITE POETRY
I JUST DON'T KNOW BUT
FROM ONE LONELY THOUGHT
THE RHYMING VERSE WILL FLOW


JUST LIKE A MIGHTY OAK
CRAVING THE SUNS TOUCH
MY WORDS WILL DEVELOP
AND HOPEFULLY MEAN AS MUCH


JUST LIKE THE KNIGHTS OF OLD
THE STORY IN VERSE WILL UNFOLD
TO BRING A POEM TO LIFE
AND THE STORY WILL BE TOLD


OF THE PLEASURES OF LIFE
AND MANY A SPLENDID THING
THAT WILL BRING A TEAR TO YOUR EYE
OR BRING A BEAUTIFUL ROBIN TO SING


FOR WHEN YOU READ MY POEMS
YOUR HEART WILL WANT MORE
AND YOU WILL BE IN RAPTURES
OR LAUGHING ON THE FLOOR


BUT ONE THING I KNOW
IS WHEN YOU ARE ALONE
MY BOOKS AND MY POEMS
WILL BRING YOU CLOSER TO HOME