"A poet is.....what they want to say!"

I liked this there was a little flow problem but that could be me I am tired will have another look when I am not so tired ... Regards Jayne x

I admit to a bias: I subscribe to the theme almost whole-heartedly, as it's very close to my own theme 'the poem is its content.' (See my 'brute poem' for an early statement of this theme). But on to the criticism: L15 doesn't work. Perhaps the verb should be 'are' instead of 'is?' I'm able to make sense of the line if I make that substitution for my reading. And that's the only place in the poem where I felt a need to tweak the reading for the sake of my understanding. With regard to flow: I don't think it matters here, and I believe that most of the usual criteria used for judging poetry are inappropriate standards to apply here. The appropriate standards are those used to judge prose. The piece you constructed is finally plain speech, prose, with poetic attention and technique applied to phrasing. That is well-done here; I doubt strongly that you would anywhere stumble in the recitation of this piece. Perry

IS right Ignore my first comment it doesn't matter at all about flow , I am a novice and new and was very tired when I made my earlier comment , so sorry it didnt sound good the way I put it , will teach me to comment tired , Regards Jayne

has a good fix on the situation. You would do well taking his advice. I like the theme of the poem and I agree with its message. Keep on writing. You are getting better at expressing yourself. Always, Cat