Am I any good as a poet? Is poetry something I should continue?

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Ion

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I write very rarely. Here is a little of my work from the past three years.

Sample Stanza 1

Sea green eyes and golden tresses
Light a Grecian maiden's face
Child of Pericles's city;
Sadness of young years confesses
Lending her a native grace
And she demands no pity.

Sample Stanza 2

Have far and wide enough about the Soul
I journeyed by my Mortal Mind to see
The tributaries that had guided me
Impoverish inside a miry shoal?
Has amply taken been my journey's toll
On Head and Heart of mine for me to be
Absurd Quixote or a debauchee?
My mended inner shreds do not make a whole.

Sample Stanza 3

My sienna eyes she said, are not in fashion.
Not with sapphire, emerald do they agree;
They do but snare the light and spurn its plea,
So you why do they enamor and impassion?
I am but adoration without ration,
For as the light I'm snared, and dread for free to be ...

Is this something I should continue? I read so many sloppy angst poems, and I don't know if I'm anything people would want to read. I know it's very hard to publish poetry, and then there are almost no readers.
 
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