Poetry Pays At Least This is What Some Say
Some say
Some play
But as for me
I've got to find a way
To make this profession pay
Because I obviously
Possess the gift of poetry.
No matter what I try to do
My fingers find their way through
Taking me continually back to
This computer keyboard
My heart filled to overflowing
My mind is never bored
My incessant motivation toward
Writing and reading
Elaborating on ideas, issues and concepts
Uplifting people society rejects
The North American Library of Poetry
They gave me some recognition
Some small awards
But as for things monetary
This they did only...
Try to sell me their anthology
I know it pays the bills for them
But what about me?
I'm not blind you see
I too need to generate a fee
Poe published a little volume of poetry
Tamerlane and Other Poems
It is such a rare book now
A single copy sells
For more than a cow
Two-hundred thousand bucks to be exact
Had Edgar lived to handle such earnings
From this cash cow
He might have had
A heart attack
He could have bought
A life supply of Big Macs
Eaten breakfast everyday
Like a Hungry Jack
Not had to endure such flak
From unfriendly people
Been exalted by a capitalistic society
To the height of a steeple
Nevertheless life goes on
Greenbacks are daily needed to survive
Without money you cannot thrive
Not relationally
For romance
Without finance
Is foolishness
Not socially
For social gatherings cost money
Not occupationally
For dreams require dream teams
To push them through the womb
Sustain them after birth
Modify and maintain them
Lest they dwindle and reach dearth
Therefore this mouth
Must be compensated
This mind valued
These fingers upheld
The light over my head fueled
The fan in my hot Florida home
Kept a blowing
Lest I trade in this craft
And be up and going
Indeed I have a preference
But economically
There is no hesitance
Pay must soon come my way
For unlike Edgar Allan Poe
I shall rejoice in six figures
Before my body is disfigured and buried
This vision I have long time carried
Very soon it shall be happily realized
Because my poetic gift is exuberantly
Cherished, celebrated and prized!
Paul Davis is a masterful poet, worldwide professional speaker, minister and author of several books including Breakthrough for a Broken Heart; and Stop Lusting & Start Living.
Paul is a life coach (relational & professional), popular keynote speaker, creative consultant, humor being, adventurer, explorer, mediator, liberator and dream-maker.
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