Foggy Words
Some poetry is so unclear
it fogs my weary brain.
It isn't going anywhere;
it's a disconnected train.
We know you have these pensive thoughts
that must come hurtling through.
Why not write them so your reader
might understand them too?
"She walks in beauty, like the night",
were the words Lord Byron chose
and we recall them with delight.
We'll long remember those.
There's beauty in the simple word
as well as the obscure.
If you would write what we would read,
please keep them clear and pure.
Posted for Judy''s "Put Yourself In The Reader's Shoes" contest
Copyright © Joyce Johnson | Year Posted 2011
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