Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.137.166.74
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
I've spent so much time trying to write a good poem, that I've ignored the possibility of BAD POETRY. Bad poetry, the soul speaks in cat-whispers, I meow one back, The garden bleeds living colour, I sprout something too, words, and if need be, rhyme, free as a bird- but not as verse, remaining free; so too the copycat found consonants of dead poet-kings: You're lost little girl, you're lost, tell me who are you? feign that you know what to do, impossible yes, but it's true you're spilling ink and in vain, there are strangers in your vein. And Poetry as 'pleasure' - has hundreds of possible people lost in sterile tissue. White paper, raped with black and red marks, ink scars, odd words, scrawls (hooded shawls for masked feelings), or bad poetry, as roses are red, violets are blue, the wind is empty, and so are you. Hollow as the inside of Russian dolls, but no layers, a pale balloon above the midnight ocean. Bad poetry can be a half-assed baloney sandwich on 9-grain rye, I am sad, I have a pearl in my eye, my cat is warm, her fur is fluffy as a pillow, I love my cat, but not enough to string two adjectives together or hint at the existence of two, mutual, HAIRY, souls. That's how I felt about my ex- girlfriend, she was ummm... pretty as a rose wilting in a 1950's prototype refridgerator set to "cool", slow... so slow. Hey mockingbird, can you teach me some good poetry? Echo nature in your warbling cry, and teach me not to mention birdsong when the forest is being tugged like a flea-ridden carpet right from under our feet. Habitat first, then habit. Google "bad poetry", then read a poem about fat people, and scoff- wow that's some good stuff. At least it's relevant, unlike the ivy crawling in your front yard, no one wants to hear about that! Or a poem that sounds like someone is talking, right? That's right Jim. I maintained a steady gaze at the window in the den, there was a small creaking sound and then the coroners were cleaning blood with vacuums and lye. Uncessary, completely unessary and poorly spelt uncomforming in letter disign, unforgivabull! Shit, it's too long, introspective, neurotic, and not child like at all: Puffy clouds wake our family, mom gets up rubs her eyes, dad gets up and puts on pants, I glide down stairs, dreams in my hair, marshmellows in my cereal, and an apple like a baby in my knapsack, we go to school and the bus seats are comfy as my bed, but no, school sucks.
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required