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scribbler
Sep 20, 2018 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

IN DEFENSE OF RAW POETRY

Is poetry a mere form letter
just fill in the blanks
merely form and nothing better?
if it is, no thanks!

I'll leave perfection to professors
in their sterile lecture halls
let them be the art's possessors
if they have the balls

All poetry straight from the heart
has its own type of grace
it's time the perfectionists start
to wipe the smirks from their smug face

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Just switching this from a blog post to a poetry post

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: South Carolina, United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Frost, Burns, Longfellow, Poe, and Johnson. I guess you've noticed these are all past masters. Other than folks on site I don't read any contemporary poets .

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scribbler

6 years 10 months ago

Hi Greg

Pleased you like this oldie I just dug back up

IRiz

IRiz

6 years 10 months ago

I absolutely love your poem.

I absolutely love your poem.

the form is perfect for the content.

there will be no smirks on the faces of the meanest professors

S

scribbler

6 years 10 months ago

Hi Riz

This was written years ago and I am glad it is still relevant. Appreciate the visit

S

Shadowdancer3349

6 years 10 months ago

Stan

dammit man right something bad lol Poetry is the inner self peeking through

S

scribbler

6 years 10 months ago

lol

I'll pull "Wurst Pome ever back up just for you lol. Appreciate your dropping by

S

scribbler

6 years 9 months ago

ME ever change????

Too old to change now lmao. This oldie was brought back due to a minor edit but it does work fairly well as a protest against too strict adherence to rules doesn't it?

lovedly

lovedly

6 years 9 months ago

if they have the balls

''had'' would be better no
and
I also show up old buried ah beauties
by just adding a minor edit
like a comma or ( )
and some one reads it
WOW
this is poetry ----was sleeping in drains till recently
none had the balls to comment on it
you know it

weirdelf

weirdelf

6 years 9 months ago

God choose for them

or if they are poets, choose for themselves,

God has always been a really crappy poet.