Artistic Integrity Poem by Stanley Cooper

Poetry Shelf In the main room of every home at arm’s length of everyone A shelf with screws and plugs should hug the wall And on this shelf the paperbacks from left to right and pamphlets the spices in your life, may you grow tall The poet speaks when others won’t with words in ways that others can’t the like of which you won’t have heard til now Surprise yourself, buy a new book surprise your family or even look to buy a book for everyone you know

i loved this...nothing short of a 10 would befit this...you got one from me...excellent job!

A 10 from me, too! Damn the syllables, full speed ahead! and rhymes are like landmines, as soon as you find one, you realize you're surrounded, and good luck getting out alive! -chuck (with a vaguely similar poem 'Poetry Hell')

A rhymer with a smile. If you wanted a tighter syllable count in the last line, you could simply go with 'Integrity be damned'. You've already used artistic integrity 2x before so point would already be made. Thanks for the enjoyable read.

When my poem is well done. thanks.

Spicing his poem with humour, the poet talks about the roadblocks and about how he treats them in his writings. Nice poem.

Very, very nicely written poem! This is POETRY at it's finest. Thanks for sharing! And congrats on being chosen 'poem of the day'...well-deserved!

Another poem to add to my favorite poem list!

Exactly, that is poetry. Free flow of thoughts is the essence in poetry. In that context, what poet Cooper says can be hailed high. I like the poem very much. Congratulations on your achievement!

Loved it. Written for fun and gifted with artistic integrity.