Misconceptions of Poetry

Ok don’t laugh I’m serious about this They say Ignorance is a double dose of bliss I’m a novice at writing poetry and you can tell I can only rhime and don’t care how a spell (Rhyme :-) Anyway don’t laugh I say this again Don’t laugh I tell you as I try to explain Couplet- I thought this was six year olds that were married Haiku - Those thing-a-ma-jigs a native American woman uses for the baby she carried A Blank Verse - Well you guessed it, writer’s block Eleggy - An elegant tall woman of upper class stock ( sorry Elegy) Ghazal - Yes the antelope that roam the African plain Epithalamium- something you need an operation for because it causes you pain Carpe Diem – Must be the name of a Greek god Canzone – An Egyptian three eyed, six legged dog Well I could go on and on I got it off my chest and admit I was wrong The rest are explicit and sexual and need permission I’m glad for poetry soups 51 types of poetry and their definition Don’t laugh