I'Ve Never Been Shortlisted

I've never been short listed for a literary prize Which after all is not any surprise Since I cannot make a living from my pen I'm one of the group of the would be literary men. And though others my verses may not recite I keep on penning stuff for I was born to write Addicted to penning rhyme for many a day Of life and Nature there's so much to say. To any hope of literary success I'm not one who cling But of life and Nature I'm happy to sing There is far more to the bird than his song To him and to Nature his secrets belong. Let others dream of their immortality The stuff I have written will not outlive me But not everyone who writes is one of note And of course not everyone can be a poet. Though I've penned doggerel for many a day I've never said with words I had a way I'm one of those who does pen heaps of stuff But to make the grade few do seem good enough.