On Reading a Poem That I Don'T Understand
On Reading a Poem That I Don’t Understand
By Elton Camp
Those lines that an author has penned
I would like very much to commend
I read it carefully twice more,
But remain confused as before
The words chosen are those I’ve seen
But the sentences, what do they mean?
Maybe the poem is just too profound
For a simple man like me to expound
Does the poet speak of himself or another man?
In his writing of it, just what may be his plan?
I can’t see coherent thought
To me, it expresses naught
That doesn’t mean the poem is no good
Only that by me it isn’t being understood
Comments that others post
Say that it is just “the most”
I am sure that true that must be
It’s just too hard for one like me
I have to seek an easier verse
With its author I may converse
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