This is not the piece(s) I was working on last night after I finished watching Love Jones. I’m still working on that. Hopefully, I can finish it some time today and post it for you guys to read. This is a series of poems I wrote last year in response to someone not believing that I was a poet because I “didn’t fit” their image of what a poet looked like. Needless to say, that completely pissed me off! Who decides what poet should or shouldn’t look like! So, I used that anger and this is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy…

(Part 1)
I am a poet!
I’m the last frontier for freedom of expression
I’m like the North Star, giving lost souls a sense of direction
I am a poet!
I’m not here to save your soul from your wicked ways
I just rhyme words and have your neurons firing for 3 days
I am a poet!
This ain’t a hobby, its more like a way of life
Without it, I’d fall on my own sword, take my own life
I am a poet!
Whoever said a poet couldn’t have tremendous swag
I walk around with comp notebooks inside my Gucci bag!

(Part 2)
I am a poet!
My weapon of choice is my mouth or a pen
Step up and I’ll bring your life to a swift end
I am a poet!
I don’t do this here for glory or fame
But to show the world that we’re not the same
I am a poet!
Your vocabulary can’t compare to my vernacular
Everyday, I thank God for a gift so spectacular
I am a poet!
A poet is what a poet does
I rhyme words and do it just because
I am a poet!

(Part 3)
I am a poet!
I’m the new age version of the old school storyteller
I paint pictures with a pen like Norman Mailer
I am a poet!
Lyrical expression is my life, you treat it like a hobby
That’s why my talent’s on the top floor, yours is in the lobby
I am a poet!
My spirit is a part of this, that’s why I get spiritual
But I get my hymns from Him, so it’s not me but He that’s lyrical
I’m not a miracle, I’m a Heaven sent instrument because
I am a poet!