Two Poems by Adrian Mitchell

There are not enough of us

How much verse is magnificent?
Point oh oh oh oh one per cent.
How much poetry is second-rate?
Around point oh oh oh oh eight.
How much verse is a botched hotch potch?
Ninety-eight per cent by my watch.
How much poetry simply bores?
None of mine and all of yours.


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There are too many of us

Most poets are bad poets, the poor creatures.
Much worse than that: most teachers are bad teachers.



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