No Plagiarism!dorcLaFV8EXEe69JhFnOposted on PENANA Becoming a poet was kind of an accident8964 copyright protection536PENANAfM8DfbUzIp 維尼
Like everything, I bumbled and fumbled8964 copyright protection536PENANAvRo0gOwdoT 維尼
And somehow landed where I am now.8964 copyright protection536PENANAhJZaQVeP1t 維尼
It started with stumbling over a meeting8964 copyright protection536PENANAhp3dJx2sQG 維尼
In the library with a couple people I knew8964 copyright protection536PENANAIJBUb6NgDN 維尼
--Poetry—8964 copyright protection536PENANASdmMou2tJe 維尼
They said and I laughed8964 copyright protection536PENANAF0EJcFcA4M 維尼
When I thought poetry,8964 copyright protection536PENANAgPhiiyYeb5 維尼
I thought sad, sad girls, and greasy haired boys8964 copyright protection536PENANAaSse3P4bLP 維尼
Writing like they lost Lenore8964 copyright protection536PENANAsmYPEUGxoi 維尼
Despite being fifteen and allowance takers8964 copyright protection536PENANAH2b7Xp5XqI 維尼
--Poetry—Really?8964 copyright protection536PENANANMtvSgUg7e 維尼
Yet I had a little book of them leftover8964 copyright protection536PENANANGN41sEbvh 維尼
From an original attempt at Speech and Debate8964 copyright protection536PENANA8R5LdJT84O 維尼
So I tossed it into the contest pile8964 copyright protection536PENANAeuCEFHtcQI 維尼
While helping teachers compile the other8964 copyright protection536PENANAAGwFTGYHBp 維尼
Entries for some fair.8964 copyright protection536PENANAPtfcKc0dPc 維尼
--Poetry—Really?—I won?8964 copyright protection536PENANAnAMV0K22rL 維尼
First place in a fair, ribbon and all?8964 copyright protection536PENANAep4oPNcHWB 維尼
I don’t remember winning anything else before8964 copyright protection536PENANAT8DCci6n3W 維尼
Maybe there was something about this8964 copyright protection536PENANAkUBNZpGTLb 維尼
Something I could get people to look at8964 copyright protection536PENANAwG5DnH1VZ3 維尼
What a selfish thought I know.8964 copyright protection536PENANAGLHdrupaA4 維尼
--Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes8964 copyright protection536PENANA0cK7jCjDIb 維尼
I was the middle finger of five children8964 copyright protection536PENANASWvu4uJ7j0 維尼
With a mother that couldn’t stand me8964 copyright protection536PENANATOQCTjPIcu 維尼
With a father that crushed me with expectations8964 copyright protection536PENANAkzpKAZACfs 維尼
That he didn’t know how to help me with8964 copyright protection536PENANAhreSJWSCaw 維尼
I was unhappy, un-medicated, and angry8964 copyright protection536PENANAuD89emD81r 維尼
Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help8964 copyright protection536PENANAUXHh4hW3vM 維尼
Suddenly, poetry was what kept me above water8964 copyright protection536PENANALLIRGZ4xrY 維尼
Even when writing short stories failed8964 copyright protection536PENANATekMy8sXwA 維尼
This same concept I laughed at years before8964 copyright protection536PENANAGzgGP2an9l 維尼
And dreaded when mentioned in poetry class,8964 copyright protection536PENANAIyqpPStUw9 維尼
But they never talked about Ginsberg there8964 copyright protection536PENANAOfekDHKEwy 維尼
Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy8964 copyright protection536PENANAOCSK1WM6WK 維尼
I had trouble learning to read and write8964 copyright protection536PENANA3UHhhcJRlB 維尼
And had to work harder at it than everyone else8964 copyright protection536PENANAFcq4VSRz3z 維尼
But after a rough start I just got rolling8964 copyright protection536PENANAeprZf5Hftb 維尼
I was always reading and always writing8964 copyright protection536PENANAqRljX0CeEo 維尼
But I always envied the naturals.8964 copyright protection536PENANAwsjlpSCx8l 維尼
Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Doubt8964 copyright protection536PENANA3R5nLffia6 維尼
I question it every day, even as I write8964 copyright protection536PENANAApAEoicB2O 維尼
Is this really what I should be doing8964 copyright protection536PENANAKTuBycE1o1 維尼
There’s a world to see, places to go,8964 copyright protection536PENANA0h9fe9Bd5Y 維尼
And yet I lock myself in my room and thoughts8964 copyright protection536PENANAOCo1MTXkyg 維尼
But without it, maybe my heart would stop8964 copyright protection536PENANA1elm33DT72 維尼
Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love8964 copyright protection536PENANAxYOEu1FL23 維尼
I haven’t found love yet8964 copyright protection536PENANAoJwT2I1UHc 維尼
I still feel starved for it sometimes8964 copyright protection536PENANA2QLmV233RW 維尼
So love poems are out of the question8964 copyright protection536PENANA12LrR4IGQX 維尼
For the time being I won’t write them8964 copyright protection536PENANAaFuBDdOzo3 維尼
I can’t write love poems, but I love poems8964 copyright protection536PENANAZLk1kkx9Sr 維尼
Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love—Finish.8964 copyright protection536PENANAwuqkV4XhGZ 維尼
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