Anti-Poetry Poem
Don't much like poetry
just can't see what purpose
poems are supposed to serve.
Why all the hype
about similies and metaphors
and iambic pentameter?
Or trying to rhyme
each and every cursed line
to describe an object
or a place or action
in flowery descriptive words
doesn't seem very realistic,
just overly idealistic.
It is quite an ordeal,
can't begin to express
just how I feel
having to compose
a poem that to me
just doesn't have a purpose!
A little explanation about this! Haven't suddenly turned anti-poetry ... This was the very
first poem written by me, at university for a writing course. At the time, I was miffed at
having to write a poem, something I despised at the time. Had no idea what to write, even
after a week, and with just a few hours to spare, finally came up with this poem...about
hating poetry. It is so hilarious to find myself many years later, writing poetry...and loving it!
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