Conservative Poet
by Thomas Newton

I AM A POET
by Thomas Newton

You can not be a poet.
Do you write free verse? No.
I knew that I could show it.

Have you come out of the closet
Like Marilyn Hacker and Millay? No.
You can not be a poet.

Are you gay and proud of it
Like Ginsberg and Whitman? No.
I knew that I could show it.

Do you smoke pot and inhale it?
Are you a drug addict or an alcoholic? No.
You can not be a poet.

Are you suicidal and love to flaunt it?
Have you been married more than once? No.
I knew that I could show it.

Do you hate war and protest it?
Do you swear that you are an atheist? No.
You can not be a poet.
I knew that I could show it.

Note: I am a conservative poet.
thomasnewton19@earthlink.net

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