As a poet,a poet must rise up and take
defense for the language's sake.
There is no rule for a poet to be bound
to punctuation laws as a merry-go-round.
As a general rule a punctuation mark
goes where ever the poet has a reason to bark.
Be careful in use a punctuation or none
to make thought and reason have onward run.
In the use of gathering all that language has
then make synopsis of what is long on jaz.
Above all make a poem sing to a thought or event,
even turn a thought to a thought within a thought.
Enable the emotions to emit uses of tiny mote.
A poet has license to aabbccdd,though childish to some,
that child has reason to chew that gum.
Be restless to author what is seen at gate
knowing that what is authored may chance debate.
Be attentative to sense and to depth of word,
maybe deeper or less than any has heard.
This the worth of a poet:
to welcome language in any port;
to strum a cadence to uncadensed beat;
to uncadence a cadenced beat;
to break the walls that stop the feet
from seek the person's person-meet.
When this small teach in skyward reach
can soar a poem with awesome verb,
there be a read to see the reed
as more than a rankly grown weed.
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Submission Name: Teachings of a poet
i loved this poem and it's deffinately going on my favorites list... Wow, truely... I love you're poetic mind and what you perseve to be poetry, it's right on in my book... To say that a poem is not in the rhyme, a poem is not in the flow, a poem is not in the rhythm, nor is a poem in the word usage... A poem is in the heart, the emotion, the little piece of the human spirit put into every word to give it an individuals message. I also love the reasoning behind this poem, very unique and a beautiful sentiment... You're skill astounds me my friend, brilliant... This is a true work of art and i feel lucky to have been able to read it... I applaud this poem, i applaud your work, but most of all i applaud you as a beautiful person and a masterful poet... Bravo! take care my friend and i hope to hear from you. ADIOS! Travis 
