So Many Poems

So many poems have been written in the World this day Many millions at least at a guess I would say Of senryu and haiku and blank verse and rhyme But how many of them will stand the test of time? The different styles of poetry one ought not to compare But good poems like good poets have always been rare What is a good poem to you may not be so to me Or then vice versa as the case may be Though many lay claim to the title of poet And like to be looked on as worthy of note Out of millions of writers good poets only few I am not saying here anything that is new Out of millions of writers only few make the grade Though everyone is needed in the wordsmith trade.