What makes a great poet?

Does he write or does he print?

Does he make changes of poems that are his old?

Does he have less than thirty poems?

Does he have well over five hundred?

Does he read other's poems?

Does he have a good sense of humor?

Is he somewhat always in a drug induced depressional trance like stupor?

Is he a normal human being writer or just plain super?

Does he have a college degree or just a high school diploma?

Is he or she single or married?

Did he or she spend most of their childhood in and out of foster homes?

Can i answer all or any of the questions above?

Is a great poet any race?

Most of the answers are yes or no or even maybe.

So are you or i considered a great great poet?

It all depends if you even know it!

Do you have a higher I.Q.?

Doubt it! Screw it!

Just go ahead and write it.

Just do it!

Great poetry comes from a great poets heart.

Great poets read and appreciates all great poems that beat real close to their heart in a way that is considered imaginateble and classy as art.

God bless all poets!

And that is all that needs be said!

Michael Gale

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