Nothing To Say
Sentences that make no sense,
Words that are likewise afflicted.
Messages that are at best dense,
A vessel of verbiage is depicted.
Such is the state of modern verse
Designed to be deciphered by no one.
I doubt it can get a syllable worse,
Though I speak not of all, only some.
Shouldn't a poem present meaning?
Shouldn't it have something to convey?
Should I care what a poet is dreaming
If his/her dreams have nothing to say?
Lofty, soaring phrases are meritable,
Unless composed at wasted expense.
To abide them one must be charitable,
Then seek a poem premised on sense.
Copyright © Paul Schneiter | Year Posted 2014
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