Trying and Getting Nowhere

I wish that I could write some verse
That doesn’t sound clichéd – or worse;
A poem the critics all will praise
And talk about for days and days.

But every time I try to write,
It comes out all confused and trite.
The words I need refuse to come,
And the end result is so ho-hum!

Most poets that I read can do it;
They write as if there’s nothing to it.
Their words all flow, their lines all rhyme;
Maybe it’s just a matter of time.

So I’ll keep on adding to my list,
Trying to catch that thing I’ve missed,
And one day a masterpiece I’ll pen -
I’d better get to work and try again!