It's Harder than It Sounds

Zounds, difficulty abounds.
Pounds and mounds of thought, which confounds.

Finding the right word,
The least absurd, the most preferred,
Both read and heard.

Simply choosing a theme,
It's like a dream or impossible scheme,
Or so it would seem.

So start with the first thought
That comes to you.  You ought
To have artful line breaks as well, but don't get caught
Getting carried away with them.

I wish that I could write a poem
About something other than writing a poem.
But in the meantime, I'll conclude this poem
With some advice never to rhyme "poem" with "poem."