Do You Hate Poems?
Do you hate poems?
Let me guess:
you think they’re cheesy, confusing, or just plain lame?
You find an Ode to be… oh so boring.
—a Shakespearean sonnet to be…
much ado about nothing.
—a blank verse is a…
blank verse.
—a Villanelle to be dizzying
and discomforting in its repetition.
Wait… sorry, you probably don’t know
what the hell a Villanelle is—my bad.
Do you get all tangled up by Charles Webb?
—shiver when you hear Frost?
Does Robert Graves make you… no that one’s too easy.
When your friend hands you a poem,
do you sigh on the inside, bite your lip,
and just try to get through it.
Then do you say, “It’s good”?
Are you just trying to get through this one?
You’re almost there.
Bet you won’t tell me “its good” when you finish.
Are you confusedandannoyed
by
unorthodox
lines
of
?poetry
Do you think poets are a little… “off”?
—maybe a little gay?
Ha! “a little gay”? Is that like “Almost pregnant”?
Does a rhyme seem a waste of time?
—a verse make you just wanna curse?
—each stanza make you wanna gouge
out your eyes-zuh?
(Well I’m sorry, but nothing freaking rhymes with stanza.)
Does any of this sound familiar?
Rest assured, you’re not alone.
We are.
—Janndon Evans
2007-04-02
12:56:20
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