How To Write A Perfect Poem*

So you want to write a poem
You hope all the world will want to view
One that brings up feelings
That can change a life or two

Should you try to make if funny
And make the reader laugh
Or maybe a love story
That can bring a feeling back

Should you try to bring them into it
And make them feel the pain
Show a different side of you
Or a new path they should take

Do you let them see the hurt inside
Or the joy of something new
Make them ask a question
Or answer one for you

Just know that many poets of the past
Have been read by very few
And each poem can be perfect
If it touches only you*

Carl Joseph Roberts