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Give Me Simple, That Will Do

Give Me Simple, That Will Do


 How does one do this, so "very deep"
 can not do it while you are asleep
 I write for joy , to be understood
 I'd do "very deep' if only I ever could

 This old man loves to write in rhyme
 make it understood, sho' do save time
 My wife speaks in high falootin' words
 I say , darling sing that to the birds

 Now do not think me shallow or slow
 this old dog dun' been long in the know
 I once sat around spitting out tha' deep
 what interests me is readers I kan' keep

 I like deep as often as a prostate exam
 give me just so simple, just like I am

 Robert J. Lindley, 08-03-2014

 Ok using poetic license here my friends.
 I admire fine poetry in all forms and ways.
 The message,spirit, heart and soul reign
 supreme in my book. I just like my poetry
 easier to be understood. When I see very
 deep writes I marvel if they are 
 intentionally written with a deep meaning
 not if it is thought deep because it is so very
 hard to understand even for a knowledgable
 poet.
 Add in a bit of humor and here we are. 
 No harm , no foul intended.

Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2014

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Carrie Richards Date: 8/6/2014 7:48:00 PM Love the sense of humor.....plain and simple !! And I love a poem I can relate to, understand clearly....that makes sense, and I don't have to read twenty times, to realize it isn't worth my time! Thanks for the agreement! Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 8/13/2014 7:19:00 PM Thanks my friend. As poets we want more to understand not less...

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/5/2014 3:16:00 PM Robert, I agree with you. I actually despise certain poems, not necessarily with deep meanings, but the ones that use imagery that is so ridiculous, only someone with the exact same mindset could even figure them out. One does not have to use lots of simple words to show an easy poem. You can be nicely descriptive and use imagery and metaphors that are understood by the majority of intelligent people. My favorites are poems with a message that are not like reading GREEK. Humor is great too! Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 8/5/2014 6:22:00 PM You got it my friend. Why write if only a handful can grasp the message, the heart of the write? Some are worse than merely like reading GREEK, they are more like reading "Klingon".... LOL

Dr. Upma A. Sharma Date: 8/4/2014 12:03:00 PM Wow well said,, simplicity is really the best Robert! Loved ur write ! Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 8/5/2014 6:20:00 PM Thank you my friend. I mean simple to understand not always simple words. The message and context should be presented in a such a way that it is simple to grasp.