The World Is Not Short Of Poetasters Poem by Francis Duggan

The World is not short of poetasters their numbers grow and grow
And don't ask me what is or is not poetry since I would hardly know
And poets are in the minority and poets are as always are rare
Not many true poets in the World of which I am aware.

That the World is not short of poetasters so happens to be true
But every writer contributes to literature for to give them their due
If there never were any writers to practice the Wordsmith trade
We could not say that poets are born and poets cannot be made

But the Poetasters who feel that they are poets are entitled to feel that way
It only does seem natural kind things of self to say
Suppose one never does get anywhere by running one's self down
By so doing they would build against themselves a barrier to renown.

The World is not short of poetasters not everyone's a poet
And not every writer can hope to become a literary person of note
Without poetasters there would not be poets that's how 'twill always be
And every writer contributes to the Wordsmith trade that's how 'twould seem to me.