Rule Number One

The Rule Number One for poets is to write about things that you know, so should I write about aches and pains and aging, and being slow? You won't see me write about love; I don't know a thing about that. I have no pets, so I won't write about my great dog or my cat. Perhaps I could write about chess; I've played quite a few games of late. But readers don't care, so I won't share how I stumbled and fell into ‘mate'. The truth is, I know next to nothing that's worthy to share here with you. I could try to write ‘til deep in the night, but it seems like my poetry's through.