If you bring me no pumpkins, I’ll bake you no pies
Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.
–Unknown prison poet
I promise to write rare stories for you
Spin yarns—almost true tales you’ll love to read
And if you don’t read them, I won’t be teed
And if asked no questions, I won’t delude
I’ll hide between lines loathsome message true
A moral lesson I hope readers heed
I promise to write rare stories for you
Spin yarns—almost true tales you’ll love to read
Wordsmiths, scribes, poets write diverse points of view:
Stories to inform, make smile, meet need
For thought—tasty food on which you can chew
Outlooks share, expose snakes, from myths be freed
I promise to write rare stories for you
Spin yarns—almost true tales you’ll love to read
-JOE COBB CRAWFORD, The Poetry Company