How To Start Writing Poetry! Poem by Denis Martindale

How to start writing poetry! ?
Think, think! Think, think! Think, think!
Then find some paper suddenly
And also pen and ink...
Or some PC or laptop near,
A typewriter will do,
But from then on, to make it clear...
THE REST IS UP TO YOU!

That sweet responsibility
That makes the heart to sink
Is also what gives dignity,
Unless from these you shrink...
Yet if you hold such poems dear,
No matter, old or new,
Then take the time so they appear...
THE REST IS UP TO YOU!

Your fate, of course, is yet to be,
You stand now on the brink
And hoping God grants destiny,
Not just a nodding wink...
In that regard, you need not fear,
For God provides each clue,
Use eyes to see... and ears to hear...
THE REST IS UP TO YOU!

By faith, we search each mystery
That serves as meat and drink,
To overcome Man's misery
Each heart with God must link...
So write, as though your final year,
Express your point of view,
Find words of hope that folks would cheer...
THE REST IS UP TO YOU!


Denis Martindale,16 February 2016.