I Do Not Write Poetry For Poets

I write for the women I love

I write for dogs in heaven above

I write for friends who don't appreciate

I write for the naked woman on the stage

But I do not write poetry for poets



I write for the couple walking down the aisle

I write for the girl who died for a life-style

I write for the passion of love and hate

I write for the traffic that made me late

But I do not write poetry for poets



I write for those who've passed away

I write for rainbows and cloudy days

I write for God, Satan and eternity

I write for the hopelessly lonely

But I do not write poetry for poets


I write for the sheer need to write

I write when I cannot sleep at night

I write mostly for myself

For everyone and everything else

But I do not write poetry for the poets


© 2000 by steve giacomini

By request of Six-Out