
Transcribed below. The typewriter is a 1963 Tower Citation 88 (made for Sears by Smith-Corona) with a ribbon that is perhaps a little too fresh.
Advice for Aspiring Poets.
To make a poem happen, start with rhyme.
The other elements will come in time.
Ignore the critics who would make a crime
Of rhyme; their fussy rants aren’t worth a dime.
Now use the thoughts that come from rhyme to prime
Your poem pump, and watch the verses climb
Away from all the mundane slop and grime
And up into the realm of the sublime!
Or maybe not.
But still, be plucky.
Give it a shot.
You might get lucky.