Writers of Poems (WOPs)
What a diverse group we are a collection of WOPs
Many thousands in numbers all posting on OPs
We fling words and phrases in all sorts of styles
Some tragic, some yearning, some chalked full of smiles
Personalities aplenty you can find them all here
Some friendly, some chatty, some nasty, some sincere
We have WOPs that write tomes and WOPs that write little
WOPs that write of beauty and WOPs that write of peanut brittle
WOPs are not timid when commenting, they say what they think
They may tell you they love it or they may tell you in stinks
Some pontificate and boast as if they alone have the answer
Some demand poetic purity and act as sole executioner.
But most WOPs are kind and have a clear understanding
Poetry is many things to their fellow WOPs, poems not withstanding
So they read and comment and offer advise here and there
They bite their tongue when they have to and continue to share.
For what is most important is not that purity be upheld
But that free expression be granted and accepted in the meld
For all those purists that find their participation in doubt
We WOPs hope you will stay on and find a way to chill out.
©Copyright Charlie Gragg November 4, 2009
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