How To Write a Bad Poem

How to write a bad poem.


Use words that simply rhyme like time and dime,,,
And line after line after line repeat the same line
Repeat your sentences to repeat your point
Without a true interpreter then what is the point!!!


I put no thought into lines without care.
I do not care if tHisss is spelled correctly; I do not care.
I do not care if you even care;
Without love and despair, poets will go nowhere.


Annoy the reader, reader, reader, reader, send them to sleep;
Speak only about other people’s cliché’s and ideals…and sheep.
Say line after line without thinking to read,
Judge someone for their mistakes.  Never be truthful and never free.


Never let the words fall onto the page, without feeling;
Never bother to read other poetry and never bother to try reading.
Never speak from the soul, without any kind of meaning.
This is the poem I do not care about…it’s time I was leaving.


(C)2016 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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June 7, 2016 at 5:23 AM
I m really going to keep them in mind..so that I wont do THEM...
Smith Avatar
June 6, 2016 at 3:01 PM
lol...im heading out the door...my poetry career has hit the floor...and my daddy snores...and my doggy snores...wow wow wow what a chore : )
Harvey Avatar
June 7, 2016 at 5:30 AM
That is the best poem I have ever read. :)
Allison Avatar
June 6, 2016 at 2:43 PM
Thanks for the advice the advice the advice - wise words indeed Aa:-)Especially liked the final stanza:-) hugs Jan xx
Harvey Avatar
June 6, 2016 at 2:45 PM
Your are welcome. hugs, hugs, hugs and hugs.
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