I’d Like To Be A Poet
I’d like to be a poet
And write a lot of books
That other folks would like to have
In all their reading nooks.
I’d make folks laugh, I’d make folks cry,
I’d touch the hardest heart,
My purest thought, my best desire
I would to them impart.
A comfort be to aged ones
Worn out with work and care,
A challenge made to wayward ones
That all must take a share.
I’d choose myself a nom de plume
and everyone would know it,
I’d write a poem, oh so soon,
If I were just a poet!
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by Winnie Apple Newton
Written 1940