"Selecting A Reader" is a poem that I wrote for my poetry anthology book, it is about choosing the person who you would think would be reading your poems. This poem explains through out it who I think the perfect reader should be. I think that this is one of the best poems that I have written in my creative writing class. There is no rhyme scheme to this poem, which I think in the end makes it sounds more like a story than just a poem.
Selecting A Reader
First, he has to be
wise,
He will know my words
and understand them,
He will look for
inspiration,
And come upon my
poems.
From there he will
sit,
Quietly thumbing
through them,
Reading each line,
With as much
intensity as he can muster.
As he reads he will
sip his coffee,
And tap his foot.
He won’t stop reading
until the last line,
The last word.
After he has finished
He will put my poems
on his shelf,
Where they will sit,
Collecting dust for
years.
Until one day,
He stumbles upon my
poems,
And begins to read
them
Once more.
