Struggling For a Title

 

I am a well-trained poet

Flown in from the south

Despite exuding culture

I gotta watch my mouth

 

They taught me in my training

To first write down my verse

And then extract a title

Not do it in reverse

 

So I will do some writing

Clever. witty verse

Look at what I've written

Then title (not reverse)

 

Being a well-trained poet

What can I write about?

Which shows my learned background

Of which I'm not without

 

You'll note that I've resorted

To babble-filling verse

Of which I am well-trained in

Don't need to go rehearse

 

It seems that my great wisdom

Is struggling to come out

Can I extract a title?

With wisdom or without?

 

The best I can come up with

Which shows extensive learning

Is “Gosh, This Poem's Useless

Just Suitable For Burning”

 

Don Matthews July 2018