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What is a poem
what is a poem
is it a prose
story or rhyme
from ages past
our experiences of our time
is it a prose
story or rhyme
from ages past
our experiences of our time
Does it need to rhyme
should it be long or short
funny sad or fraught
what should it say about the author
why do we bother
should it be long or short
funny sad or fraught
what should it say about the author
why do we bother
The humble poem is power
the freedom to say to shout
its able to make you laugh
cry and even glower
the freedom to say to shout
its able to make you laugh
cry and even glower
it is the freedom to say 2 + 2 = 4
not to be a metaphor
not to be a metaphor
I can write to you me deepest fears
greatest achievements
sweep aside etiquette
say fuck you to PC
greatest achievements
sweep aside etiquette
say fuck you to PC
I can talk to the world
open myself like a tin of beans
open myself like a tin of beans
be a wonder or has been
I can be rich or poor
healthy or dieing on the floor
I can be rich or poor
healthy or dieing on the floor
Cancer can eat me alive
goverments destroy me
goverments destroy me
I can commit suicide
live a hundred years
live a hundred years
The fat can be thin
and the thin fat
you can be what you like
the facism of life does not exist
and the thin fat
you can be what you like
the facism of life does not exist
for the humble poem
You may be intelligent
stupid or just plain belligerent
you can be a peasent of the past
or tyrant of the present
stupid or just plain belligerent
you can be a peasent of the past
or tyrant of the present
what is a poem
its whatever you desire
its whatever you desire
a cloak of anonymity
or emotions laid bare
so when all is said and done
when you return to being you
remember these lines
for no matter what you and me
are always free, when reading poetry
when you return to being you
remember these lines
for no matter what you and me
are always free, when reading poetry
if it's fact or fiction
What is poetry, is an expression of you....
Well written...
I liked your other one about ignorance is bliss as well. Poetry -if I may add my 2 cents- is a "Hellow World, this is me..."
"I have become a second generation cosmic being, I am conceived in the womb of nature, in my own mind... In the womb of the universe."
It is whatever you want it to
It is whatever you want it to be, old friend. No limits, no impossibilities. And hence, the pure beauty and freedom of poetry.
Ditto
Any emotion will do
true, true... so true
true, true... so true