Is it really okay to write "bad" poetry?
Can you think of nine worse words in the English language than "Would you like to hear one of my poems?"
What if writing "bad" poetry keeps you in the game long enough for lightning to strike?
What if writing "bad" poetry improves your skills enough so God can use you better as an artist?
What if writing "bad" poetry is what improves your emotional health and intellectual abilities enough so you can someday write better?
What if the willingness to write "bad" poetry, and publish it for all to see, is the price you have to pay for getting better?
What if "bad" poetry can be revised and polished a few times into something more presentable?
What if you just have to write enough "bad" poems to fill in between all the good ones God gives you?
What if you realized that even the great poets wrote "bad" poetry much of the time?
