An idea for a poem

And they’re racing,
out of the blocks
verse one gallops
on its way
followed by
two and three,
at the back
on the trot
is verse four.
Now, in the race is
stanza one, what a stud
and looking tired
here comes stanzas
two and three.
It’s going to be
a close finish folks,
those lines are
gathering momentum.
How exciting and with
the finishing line
in the writer’s sight,
The End,
they’re racing
for their lives.
Hang onto your seat
it’s going to be
a photo finish everyone
and some words are
receiving a real whipping.
And it’s all over
reader came first
followed by the meaning
and the title came last,
An idea for a poem.
It was all rather sudden.
Boy! That whip hurt.

Reviews

[M. J. Smith]

Love the metaphor! LOL! :)
Appreciate the smiles. I needed that. Lately, I've been all too serious. Guess it's the cold. Kinda takes the fun out of life. Well written, my friend.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you for the smile too.

[Relic]

This is great! A lot of times certain lines have more meaning or influence than others. We often find out after the poem is over.

[andrew mitchell]

Man you thanks Tim

[NFA]

Very creative write about how ideas come to mind and in the end it's our readers who always win. Sometimes we find that their subjective interpretations completely turn what we thought we were writing upside down. Or even they tell us what we should write, thinking they know us better than ourselves.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you for your words.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

I enjoyed this mirthful look at the writing process. I have to admit sometimes the horses don't always stop at the end of the race for me. It's been difficult reigning them in and cleaning up the mess left behind. Nice poem my friend.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Carlos.

[Sami Khalil]

We are blessed to have you on this site Emperor Andrew. What a creative pen you have.
Analogy is wonderful compared to a race and race horses. Tell your wife to spare the whip. Lol
Excellent work.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you King Sami and I will lol.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! You are welcome Emperor Andrew.

[Robert Trakofler]

LOL if my poems were a horse race I doubt any stanzas would ever stay on track very long:/ probably would end up looking more like a crash derby:)

[andrew mitchell]

Now that’s an idea crash derby lol. Thank you for your words Robert, nice to see you up and running! Hope all goes well in recovering.

[W. Barrett Munn]

I like the idea but I think your horse lost its jockey at the quarter-mile pole. Ideas need the right words to make us the hear the hoofbeats.

[andrew mitchell]

Appreciate the advice.

[Chris Shaw]

That was great fun to read. Sadly with my muse on holiday, I didn't get out of the starting blocks :) Left well and truly behind Andrew..lol.

[andrew mitchell]

Haha thank you Chris