Letters to You

~The Making Of A Great Poet~

What exactly makes a great poet?

This has been something I've wondered

A many times

Is it really just as simple as writing a mere few lines

All while making sure at least a few stanzas rhyme?

Is that truly all that it takes?

For someone to write line by line

Is writing a poem as easy as people make it seem?

I'll have myself Answer the question for you

No

Poetry takes precision and a certain way of words

Yet even so, there are many different ways a poet can write a good verse

So what is it exactly that makes a great poet

If not for the topic or form of writing?

It is the way the poet loves his art in ways no one but another artist could truly appreciate

Yet despite this fact, even normal people would resonate with their art

For what makes a greater poet than the purpose of his art

Which is to have each verse reach deep inside the reader's heart