S 
Tell me Janice, would you please 
How should we strive for poetry?  
J 
With flowing words 
And always feeling 
With passion flowing 
And words appealing 
S 
So tell me then, if I can choose 
Just any old subject as my muse?  
Must it rhyme? Must it flow?  
Must it's rhythm tick and go?  
J 
Well, clocks are all that I hear ticking 
Our poems being pleasure bent. 
And I can’t here the meter ticking 
Our poems to me, are heaven sent 
S 
OK Fine, you’re esoteric,  
I have heard what you have said;  
What I’d really like is to be PUBLISHED!  
Please, sometime soon, before I'm dead. 
J 
One hour, one day, it will happen,  
And I, my friend, will see you through 
Just keep on writing from your heart 
And keep your words sincere and true. 
S 
I like that thought “sincere and true”,  
No screaming, and I don’t have to cuss,  
I used to say, “I write for me” 
Now I’d say, “I write for us.” 
J 
Yes together words will flow and flourish 
Dreams of published works are near 
From these rhymes I’m so encouraged 
Our Poems are meant for all to hear 
 
Sandra Osborne and Janice M Pickett 
from the collection 
'The Pendulum Swings'
Sandra Osborne
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-muse-descends/