Writing it Right

No matter how or what you write,
A myth, a melodrama or a mystery,
about your life or a dreadful night
in a poem, a song or a short story.

Write in a manner to evoke pathos
and a theme to mirror a tragedy,
Establish a sincere sense of ethos
either you write a satire or a comedy.

And try to provoke a hearty laughter  
or to elicit a feeling of warm sorrow,
Steer them stealthily to a myth buster
or promise them of a better tomorrow.

Write an epic, an elegy or a pastoral
with a sublime, visionary imagination,
A ballad, an ode or even doggerel
of a dramatic event or a silly situation.

Perceive the pulse and tone of the people,
The image, the rhythm and the sound,
The habit, custom, creed and the foible
evolve a theme where metaphors abound.

The essence of life belongs to poetry,
It is an ever enriching avocation
where purity of love overcomes bigotry
where reality juxtaposes with imagination.