Oh, how I wish I could write the perfect poem,
- but who can say what´s  perfect?
After all, beauty´s in the eyes of the beholder....

"The perfect poem should flow like wind
High up among cold themes;
It should be musical, and sing
Seductively of dreams.
It should be passion frozen, so
Solidified it burns;
Thoughts crystalline and shimmering
Out and in by turns.
Of all poems it should be required
Each word be clear and true;
A line that few can comprehend
Should not obscure the view.
Yet … first letters may speak, too."
©Nicholas Gordon