Beggars, Better, Beast

Okay, I have submitted numerous poems to online poetry contests, and my modus operandi is almost always the same: I don't submit anything I've previously written, but instead write something right then, as quickly as I can, and submit it. 

So far, most of those have won publication, and one was chosen as to be in the best poem submitted for the year category.

Yesterday, I submitted a new one, and the phrase "beggars can't be choosers" popped into my head. So, this was the two-minute result. 

Following the poem is a "Personal Statement" about me, the poet.

Beggars, Better, Beast

Beggars can't be choosers is what I've been

told you so, that we can't decide what's

best if you leave that alone, dear John

Doe a deer a female

Random wordings are only random if

they were chosen totally at random and

not purposefully picked to please the

palette of colors that fill my

mindful of the trees and the roots by my

what big eyes you have!

all the better

Minotaur is a sexist word if men and

taurus are combined it is a minute

or is it pronounced minute?

and a mid-sized sedan once

twice, three times I have told you to

three, four are not just better than but

simply the beast

Personal Statement:

I am a poem, a painter, an author, an extroverted introvert, a collector of eclectic collections, an attention deficit depressed anxious peaceful person, who is sometimes confused but can always write something anyway.