The Best Poem You Ever Read

by wayoutwalt Is not necessarily by Thoreau Or for that matter Keats or Shelley Or Edgar Allan Poe It might not be amongst the Dusty books there on the shelf The greatest poem you e er read !ay "ust be written by yourself Did you e er write a poem# That "ust made you softly sigh Or was there one that emotion !ade you bittersweetly cry Is there one that was born to you# That made you wholly belie e $ords weren%t born long time ago &ou yourself can concei e This poem that I am writing Is not the best there e er was 'ut few poems can do for me $hat my own poetry does $hen you think of Percey Shelly And when you think of ole (ohn Keats )emember theirs is their own E en if &ou wish to match their feats I hope the poetry you respect *rom which ha e made you grown I hope the greatest poem you e er read $as one you call your own The End +sentiment,