Not a Poet

I have often said that I don’t really ‘do’ poetry. But at the Carnegie Writers Conference, when I wrote “To Olivia”, I was challenged on that notion. I spent a day stewing on the idea, and came up with this.
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I am not a Poet.

Lyrical thoughts have

Never been me

Well, rarely

I am not a Poet.

I can't hold a rhythm

Or find the right mix of sounds

I am not a Poet.

Except once or twice

A decade

Or half

Maybe, every so often, two in two weeks.

Poetry isn't really

For me

I've found.

"So, what is this?"

I am not a Poet.

So I must be an imposter-

This is a fluke.

I'll just add it

To

The

Pile.