studying poets
studying life
who came first
who's life is worst
who had troubles
who had shame (Hawthorne)
Who wore white (Dickinson)
Who had no name

Somebody says
"I don't get this at all!"
And that is the system's
main downfall

Not everyone relates
to tales of strife
Not everyone has
lost their wife (Longfellow)
Not everyone will get
why these were so great
And thats perfectly
100% okay

Let them find poetry
Let them bust out a rap
find something that means
Something to them
Let them find verses
that soothe the soul
Calm the nerves and
Make them whole

I love Dickinson
I have a passion for Walt
Reading Poe makes me think
Cummings makes me halt

Some arent so lucky
to see magic in phrase
of old, dead poets
Who will always amaze

So let them wander
Give them a book
Put them on Youtube
Let them look

Poetry is magnetic
It will always find a way
Because people will walways
have something to say