Poetry and Creative Writing for All

Cervin Morris

I have been writing poetry since I was 12 years old. I am from
Trinidad, and I came to the U.S. when I was 11 years old. Poetry has
been very dear to me, thus every poem I write seems to help me live
one more day in this wretched world. I am 22 years old now, and quite
frankly I could not imagine my life without poetry. Thank you.

Poet's Duty

Bring forth to the consciousness
All that exists in the dark
Expose the flame of beauty
In things that only had a spark
Illuminate a simple life
Making busy humans see
Things we take for granted
Are as precious as can be
Free the scenes of nature
 From the dying ways of time
Stimulate imaginative forces
On great and shiftless minds
Transcribe the songs of nature
So human beings can sing
Lend a hand of wisdom
To the misguided rule of kings
Connect the orphan souls
To nature, mother of all birth
But keep yourself removed
 From divine and private work.
A poet is an intermediary
Who does not interfere
Like a pompous ordained priest
Sitting too high in his chair
Let morals be your vehicle
On your path to love and beauty
This definition I declare
In truth, a poet's duty.

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Submission Guidelines: Poems of no more than 30 lines in length each will be considered.