So many published poets from Kentucky.
I never dreamed myself among so many.
Quite dismayed reading their airs
When I compare mine to theirs.
I am one lonely voice.
I offer but a choice.
Will I be read or heard
Or lost among the herd?
Among so many singing birds
A canary is quite ordinary
But its voice is surely worth
A hearing on this earth.
Many poets come from Kentucky.
Not all claim my abode.
A canary may be ordinary,
At least it’s heard by those nearby.
(After reading A Brief Anthology Of Kentucky Poetry/June 28,2007)
Ben Gieske
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