Some words are heavy, some have wings
Some make you think of many things
Some can help your mind to soar
Others dash you to the floor.
Words with syllables and letters
Can often keep your mind in fetters
“Which word fits here? Is this one right?”
It can become a mental fight.
Bound by rules and strictest diction
To work a rhyme can cause much friction
By shaking off the hard fast rule
The poet is genius or fool.
Words that the poet finds
Paint clearer pictures in our minds
Word choice makes mental pictures lush
Words are the paint, the poet the brush.
Dr. Hoult, a candidate for poet laureate of Culver City, may be contacted at HOULTight@aol.com
