The Poet’s Write Hand is seeking energetic and brave people to fill important positions in our society as poets.  Responsibilities of qualified candidates include loving nature, sharing thoughts, helping the poor, leading the weak, showing insight, facing challenges and expressing feelings from deepest angst to widest joy. 

 

Applications are accepted from all people with open hearts and active minds.  Are you qualified?  Salary is paid directly through daily fulfillment and deep satisfaction in the quality of your life.  Apply today!

 

+          All ages may apply

+          No degree required

+          Genuine equal opportunity

+          All nationalities accepted

+          All languages accepted

+          Flexible hours

+          No experience required

+          Guaranteed future

 

 

Are you a creative thinking person, or a follower?  If you’re creative, then poetry is the vocation suited for you. 

 

Can you use language with power to love, or do you copy with shame?  Use language not merely to communicate, but to move and inspire your readers.

 

Can you express your own ideas, or do you believe everybody else?  If you have something in your mind, put your finger on it and bring it to life through poetry.

 

Can you walk through walls, or do you quit at the first obstacle?  The poet in you deserves a chance to blossom beyond the limits of simply studying for exams or surviving until payday.

 

Can you use simile like a surgeon uses a knife?  If you can, then use your poetry to cut to the heart and reveal the creative womb within you.

 

Are you a victim of mass education and mass media, or do you create your own poetic culture?

 

 

Do you hide when a challenge comes, or face it with courage?  The poet senses injustice and speaks out rather than quietly surrendering with, “There’s nothing I can do.” 

 

Do you lower your eyes when the world shakes, or reach out and help?  Are you willing to be the voice of endangered animals and speak out against environmental crime?

 

Will you climb the rocky hill to reveal your strength, or sit in the valley and drown in the flood?

 

Do you take the easy path and follow the routine, or do you brave the thunder and reach your peak?

 

Do you prefer to watch the flight of birds upon a warm mountain breeze, or would you rather use your remote control to select nature shows on television?

 

 

Will you sit along the street and beg for metaphorical food in your bowl, or proclaim your right to walk with pride?

 

Will you knock down the barriers the boss builds around you, or just sit in your silent corner and hope for a sunny day?  The poet does not wait; the poet CREATES the sunny day.

 

Will you reach your potential, or meekly hide behind your fears?  The poet transforms fear into dust, and sweeps it away.

 

Do you spend more time collecting money in your pocket, or developing friendship in your heart? 

 

Are excuses the only thing you can create, or do you have the power to shape your world?

 

 

To apply for this position, prepare a poetic résumé.  Write your poetic résumé showing your abilities and experience.  Use criteria suitable to poets, not simply following the standards required when searching for an office job. 

 

Poetic Objective and Vision

 

Describe your objective as a poet and explain what you hope to accomplish through poetry.  Express your poetic vision and explain your concept of the role of the poet in this world.

 

Poetry Education

 

Describe your awareness of the elements of poetry such as metaphor, simile, symbolism, meter and rhyme. 

 

Poetic Experience and Publications

 

List the titles of poems that you have written.  Provide the names of the people with whom you have shared your poems.

 

Favourite Poets and Quotes

 

Write down the names of your favourite poets and quotes from your favourite poems.  Tell how these poems have influenced your life.

 

Poetic References (available upon request)

 

Provide the names of people who have received your poems as gifts.  What effect has your poetry had on your readers?