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The Poet’s Good Pen

Take up your good pen.
Write only words true.
Now open your heart—
Your worth will shine through.

Among the spare lines
A poet can’t hide.
Their soul thus defined—
In their words, they reside.

No room for clutter;
Words chosen with care.
The truth will come out—
So, writers beware.

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Michael Charles Maibach began writing poems at age nine.  Since then he has continued writing poems, and sharing them with friends.  His career has involved global business diplomacy.  He is a native of Peoria, Illinois.  Today Michael resides in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.  More of his poems are found at www.MaibachPoems.us or on Facebook.

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4 Responses

  1. Mary Gardner

    You give good advice, Michael, and have exemplified it in your poem. The last line is just right – emphatic but not shrill.

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  3. James Sale

    Thanks Michael: writers should beware – ‘language most shows a man’ as Ben Jonson observed, and poetry is especially revealing!

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  4. Joshua C. Frank

    Yes, I’ve made sure to be mindful that my poetry provides a public record, and so I make it a policy never to write anything in a poem that I wouldn’t want to go viral online.

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