For Bob who thinks that poets are
A strange and odd collection
I hope that I can raise the bar
Though I must use discretion
Because if non-poets like you
Should cease their long distraction
They'll find that they can easily do
The things that poets cash in
And so I'll say that poets great
Are better than the peons
We make the rhymes and what we write
Would take you, Bob, some eons
For surely you could never use
In pencil, pen, or crayons
A thesaurus, now heed my ruse
Non-poets are all morons
Now believe all I say, don't look for cracks
Don't trust your eyes, or you'll see we're all hacks
Author notes
For Bob,
In case you didn't quite get the sarcasm, a lot of times when you don't understand poetry . . . it's because the poet isn't very good. We're not all Shakespeare, you know.
A contest entry
- What Makes A Poet? by pen-inhand.
1900 points, ended August 15, 2007, 21 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Now I'm scanning this and I see (out of context, I'm sure) 'non-poets are all morons'! lol So let me read... yes, a bit of teasing there...! and that is a revelation in your author's notes... reminds me when a young poet here thought that obscuring the meaning with creative metaphors was the way to go, and I said "No! Reality is complicated enough without you obscuring it! If you have something important to say, say it as clearly as possible within your poetic devices!"
Now just a few minutes ago I had the notion that a poet is a three-cornered hat- thoughts, emotions, and words- and most are purely into the latter, and write in the coolest styles, with enviable verbiage splattered all across the page, but I find that the substance and emotion is all too often shallow to the n'th degree, indeed, to use the verbiage phrase, badly cliche!
Well, sorry for the ramble, but have some clappy guys for getting me to ramble!
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Thanks for entering this controversal contest! I Kelly found your poem comical, good flow. Bob says he never said Poets were a strange and odd collection nor does he feel he is a moron for not being a poet himself! And he wanted you to know he used crayons just the other day with our daughter! LOL Best of luck to you, Kelly & Bob
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Speek fur yursef.
Very witty. Bob should like this poem. I do.
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awexome cross, i don't see a trophy in my future
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yes
I likey very much, this is too true, but can only be said by one who truely can understand all form of poetry, good write friend.UNT
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Fun poem, with an equally fun sense of rhyme. Nicely done.
And I applaud your comment on why we often don't understand poetry. It's not ALWAYS the reader's fault. -
Brilliant!
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