Lies A Poet Told Me

(written one year ago)

When I write I don’t think about being published

It’s my calling

Sometimes it flows in one take

If a certain journal accepts me I know the poem is bad

I don’t have a definition for poetry

You could get published too.

I’m not jealous of other poets

A lot of poets who get published aren’t good.

My poems choose me.

I show rather than tell.