Poem Food

When you read a poem
Make sure you read it slow
Have a taste, then chew it
Then eat it in one go!
Let it reach your stomach
And rest there for a while
Let it float in gastric juice
And swim around in bile
To take out all its goodness
To strip it to the core
To really try and understand
What it was written for.

Then see if you remember it
And tell it to your mum
Shout it to the moon and stars
Sing it to the sun
Read it to the postman
Recite it to your mate
Whisper to the dog outside
Tied up to the gate
Then go and write one for yourself
And go and shout it out
That stuff that is inside of YOU
Go on and get it out!