I'Ve Never Referred

I've never referred to myself as a poet Or as one who should be worthy of literary note The stuff that I pen I don't try for to sell I am one of those people who writes doggerel I've formed an addiction over decades of time Of the poor habit of penning of doggerel rhyme But my bond with Nature I feel is quite strong And like all other life forms to her I belong. The whistle of a shrike thrush on a sunlit tree Only serves to alight the addiction in me The compulsion on paper to pen my thoughts down An addiction for me that will not lead to renown. A simple poetaster may best describe me And on my behalf that's not false humility For to sell the stuff I pen I don't even try And the word poet to such as me does not apply.