Chapin City Blues

I wrote and posted this poem some time ago. I wrote as a response to a comment made by a colleague on the subject of reading one’s works in public. It irked me that there are people who “teach” others how to perform their own poetry. How to read it in front of an audience. It’s one thing to teach someone how to edit their works, but how to read it?

So as the twenty-ninth poem, I have chosen my own – “How to Read a Poem.” Please enjoy.