The Way to Write a Poem

I wanted to write a quadrille for DVerse (this week’s word is “way,” which is a very open-ended word), but I didn’t know how to start, so this was born.

Many ways to write a poem:
Find a form and fill in,
Let syllables make teams in a rhyme scheme,
Or — simply write and let words flow.
Always a great poem is attempted,
Wished, but we know not if it
Exists, until it’s finished.