We are the Poets

Now and again I study strong poems and lyrics – getting a feel for their craft, rhythm, structure and the inspiration they imprint on us. As an exercise I re-write/re-fashion/transcribe them into my own new content. You might argue that it is a form of plagiarism, laziness, or arrogance;  I think it is pure and simple exercise AND an engaging way to truly absorb the original text. This time round I could find nothing better than Queen's famous anthem "We are the Champions" to be my next exercise. I re-worked it into > "We are the Poets" (Quite predictable, hey?!)

i write the words

day after day

i've made my verses

maybe they're just curses

and forced rhyming

hell knows why for

and i've had my dose of luck blessing my pen

but not enough

to go on and on and on and on

we are the poets, my friends

and we'll keep on writing till the end

we are the poets

we are the poets

no time for silence

cause we are the poets of the world

i've eaten my vowels

and my consonants

now i'm sweating metaphors

similes and all that jazz

i thank you Word

but i'm not finished with you yet, hang on in there

it is a discipline worth the practice

every season of the mind

in each turn of the pen

we are the poets, my friends

and we'll keep on writing till the end

we are the poets

we are the poets

no time for silence

cause we are the poets of the world

The original lyrics of the song by QUEEN

We are the Champions

I've paid my dues

time after time

I've done my sentence

but committed no crime

and bad mistakes

i've made a few

and i've had my share of sand

kicked in my face

but i've come through

and i need to go on and on and on and on

we are the champions my friends

and we'll keep on fighting till the end

we are the champions

we are the champions

no time for losers

cause we are the champions of the world

i've taken my bows

and my curtain calls

you've brought me fame and fortune

and everything that goes with it

i thank you all

but it's been no bed of roses no pleasure cruise

and i consider it a challenge before the whole human race

and i'd never lose

and i need to go on and on and on and on

we are the champions my friends

and we'll keep on fighting till the end

we are the champions

we are the champions

no time for losers

cause we are the champions of the world