Poems Are Dumb

Poems are dumb No one really likes poetry The poet may like what he has written Few will get the real feeling the poet puts on paper Some will relate to a poem in their own experience or fantasy None will experience the poets feeling when it came to him One may read a poem and feel an emotion This emotion may or may not have been felt by the poet The poet is the least important thing about a poem A great poet can write a bad poem Some may see his greatness in this bad poem But the poet knows and feels the emptiness of this poem A great poet needs to be dead or anonymous If you don’t know the poet and aren’t persuaded by the poets legacy. Then the poem has merit. Otherwise poetry is dumb.