Monday, March 2, 2026

Anything New?-A Poet's Quest

 I want to write something special

Something that will stand the test of time 

Something that cuts through the everyday

That future generations say

Wow, that's a cool sweet rhyme!


But hasnt it all been said, written, sung 

And is it true there's nothing new under the sun

I cannot rest, here we go an idea, 

Way in, spark, has just begun.


So what is it that makes us want to write, create

We don't want to rely on AI to replicate

Is it not in our DNA for as our maker says 

'See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it'

 I look and listen, I believe it.


And though I'm no poet laurete and sure won't make the nations favourite lines

'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, and blaming it on you' would be a great one, but it's Kipling's not mine.


I take my hat off to the Shakespeares, Wordsworths, Betjemans of this world 

and  keep plugging away,

Yeah, make the most of  what I'm given, be thankful 

And simply pen what comes my way.

Anything New?-A Poet's Quest

 I want to write something special Something that will stand the test of time  Something that cuts through the everyday That future generati...