Poems are fun to write, much like filling out a grand crossword puzzle expressing your thoughts and feelings. I had a knack for the art and my early English teachers instilled in me an understanding of structured forms as well as free verse. I kept writing in hopes of hitting the poetry "big time". I found out that writing verse really was free, and one of the worlds fastest roads to poverty. Some men are born into poverty, some achieve poverty, and still others have poverty thrust upon them. I got it all three ways.