Am I a Poet?

OK, I wrote this real quick as I was about to sign off tonight. I started to wonder what I'm doing here. How did I get mixed up with this bunch! LOL!

Am I a Poet?

 

I didn’t mean to

Write those words

But something within

Wanted a voice

 

Prose was not enough

To paint the canvass

Of your mind

With what’s inside

 

Rhythm and rhyme

And words of metaphor

They will make it clear

An inner world outside

 

Am I a poet?

How did I get here?

I’m just a man

That needs to be heard

Author's Note

Written in 10 minutes, go easy!

Reviews

[Samuel Dickens]

And so it is with all artists, I think. It's probably just my odd-ness, but I've always been reluctant to claim any title, preferring, instead, that others do that for me. If others call you "poet", then you must be one.

[Jo Todd]

That's what poetry is, to me. Needing to be heard. My poems are written for specific people, and are confusing to anyone else who reads them, usually. Yours are easily understood, though. You ARE a poet.

[Poeticpiers]

sometimes ten minutes produces a gem whilst months can be wasted trying to achieve the same effect.
poets write because they are compelled to do so driven by some inner urge I would say you earned the right to the title poet