Understanding Poetry
a certain al dente to the line
that gives up its sustenance
without some sentimental mush
but toothy, with crunch and crush
a rhyme is good, but not all mattered
more important is the view that's gathered
rolled perhaps taste of bitterness battered
with a delicate crust of wisdom spattered
chewing on life's vagaries
annoyances, intrusions and unease
to swallow honeyed, sweet to please
fresh-scented phrases of potpourri
it's nice to turn a corner of stanza
and find some pithy extravaganza
of worldly view without propaganda
a sublimely surreptitious word bonanza
poetry just don't need understanding
the test is really not that demanding
only that the mind be a bit expanded
and perhaps a smile notwithstanding
© Goode Guy 2013-07-28
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