Am I A Poet?

So, I'm currently in a Modern American poetry class. I've  had a lot of poetry on my mind lately, so it isn't too surprising when I find myself "waxing poetic." Now, I by no means consider myself a poet. I wrote a lot of poems in middle and high school as I believe many people have, all of them angsty, few of them worth reading. 

However, as of recently, I have been overcome by a desire to write. Since I have this blog, I find it only appropriate that I share one of these with you, and you all can tell me what you think. Am I a poet?


The Resting Place

The arms of the most ardent lover cannot compete
with the feeling of being bundled in sheets
and blankets.

This bed,
She is my mother.
I sprang forth from her cotton and springs
She swaddles me warmly every night
as though it were the very first.

This place,
It always feels like home.
I am one with. It
Smells. So sweet,
Just like me. I am home.

There is something to be said
About what one sees
When one sees nothing at all,
Save for the cool,dark back
Of the eyelid.

What wonders linger there?

Waiting each moment for the return of
a dreaming soul

Sloth, how divine a sin thou art!

These plump pillows of ecstasy
Caresses me to most coveted apathy

Until I may rest in peace.