John Lawless Poet Rhyme

Poetry Sucks

The muse just kicked a garbage can
The you know what just hit the fan
I mutter “I can write…I can”

The keyboard trembles ‘neath my touch
Words not enough…or way too much
The Limerick now a useless crutch

I even opened the Thesaurus
Got lost within the meaning’s forest
Wandered through the meanings porous 

Alas my fingers once were nimble
made the complex rather simple
changing warts into a dimple

I try to give it latitude
Allow a bit of attitude
Avoid the dreaded platitude

I edit it with nips and tucks
Eliminate the WTF’S
And yet, at times, Poetry Sucks

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Hilda Greenhough May 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM Lol. Poetry can overwhelm us. It needs life to feed it.

Panagiota Romios May 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM Love it, Lawless, you do describe with perfection….what I think most of us go through. I ask myself why am I doing this? For me, I find that poetry is way too short to get across my points. I think you know what some of them are.. LOL. What is so delicious about incomplete and frustrating work? I have a believe it or not writing a book or two. I am going to send you a soup mail also. Loved your own comment. Pangie Airlines..” truth is our setination. Not….mind molestation!lol

Gershon Wolf May 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM O, How I love it, John. All-time FAVE. Excelsior, Gershon

Ilene Bauer May 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM Ha! This cracked me up, John! Delightful and oh, so clever!

Lin Lane May 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM But alas you wrote something worth posting. Another Lawless original, signed, framed, and worthy of toasting. John Lawless May 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM I've been roasted ... never toasted...stood on street corners loudly boasted