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I am a retired Ironworker(35 years Local 7), a lifetime Boston, Mass resident.  I am old enough to know better - but don't.

OH, LET'S JUST CALL IT POETRY

Blog Posted:6/26/2021 6:01:00 AM

Oh let’s just call it poetry

And let it go at that

And end the endless quarrel

This hissy hissy spat

For if it be – it is

And if it ain’t – it “cain’t”

Measure the inspection

When mundane’s considered quaint

 

Can it be a sonnet

Without a Shakespeare bonnet

Can it be “real” verse

When laced with idle curse

Or worse – a lover’s rhyme

Of roses lost in time

 

For it would seem the writer

Could have pulled the strings much tighter

Presented stanza’ed  ugliness

In phrases somewhat lighter

 

But then again it’s filtered through

My mind and all its ucky goo

And there it struggles hopelessly

Demanding that I set it free

From what the words have found in me

 

Oh, let’s just call it poetry

And let it go at that!!!

 

 



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James
Fraser
Date: 7/9/2021 11:05:00 AM
Fantastic!! :)
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Jan
Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 3:08:00 PM
thanks for the smiles John:-) hugs Jan xx
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Joanna
Daniel
Date: 6/30/2021 2:08:00 AM
I like this one, John, brilliant:) I prefer rhyming forms, but then, any kind of poetry delights me:)
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Constance
La France
Date: 6/27/2021 7:34:00 AM
John, creative and fun write, so many forms to untangle, and rules to unchain, but I sort of like the challenge, a bit like putting puzzles together, although writing a poem just called poetry fills me with joy, peace _Constance
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Gauthier
Date: 6/27/2021 7:26:00 AM
Live and let live ~ the good, the bad and the ugly ~ loved your poem, John.
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Rama
Balasubramanian
Date: 6/26/2021 9:26:00 PM
Not only in poetry our whole life is full of meaningless rules which we follow. I find these rules stifling free flow of thoughts. Some poetic form seem so silly. I prefer imagism. Good blog want to read what others say. Have a wonderful weekend.
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John
Anderson
Date: 6/26/2021 2:05:00 PM
Rules is Rules and 'em Rules Rules The Roost Don't choose a Spade When a Shovel will do Or Dig with your hands, Free Verse
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Andrea
Dietrich
Date: 6/26/2021 1:59:00 PM
I like this kind of poetry!!
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James Marshall
Goff
Date: 6/26/2021 11:34:00 AM
Let 'er rip!
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John Lawless
Date: 6/26/2021 1:24:00 PM
alas, caught in the act of writing for my own contest.....
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L Milton
Hankins
Date: 6/26/2021 8:54:00 AM
There is a lot of merit to what you are saying, John. I liked your poem. "Let's just call it poetry!"
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