How lucky we all are as poem writers on OP

Blessed with friends that follow our so called poetry

They are gracious and kind and skilled at their craft

Enjoying our writings regardless of how daft

Poems come and go some good and some bad

The ratings are posted from the scoring launch pad

A 10 if you are lucky and if not what the heck

The whole rating system is a pain in the neck

We post our writes and the scores role in

Everyone hoping for that perfect 10

Weekly winners are chosen; how no one knows      

A perfect score of 10 required to be in the show

Fifteen comments you can have; all ratings at 10

And then along comes a 9er and your foiled once again

Just one 9 can do it sending your poem a tumbling

No crying or whining no sense in you grumbling

The 9ers are out there just waiting to strike

And your poem of the century will take its last strike

Most 9ers are honest; they grade what they feel

Others refuse to give a 10 no matter the poems appeal.

So the current scoring system just has to go

We’ve been waiting for months for the new system to show

Papa is our man he speaks honest and true

Send him an encouraging note and let’s bid the old system adieu

©Copyright Charles Gragg December 1, 2009.