Some things are more important than poems!

Pantoum.

Some things hold more weight than verses, 

An infant crying to be fed, 

The dog that barks and strains our purses, 

Kettle boils, thoughts left unsaid.

An infant crying to be fed, 

The talk shows rant, elections scream, 

Kettle boils, thoughts left unsaid, 

Viral clips that haunt our dream.

The talk shows rant, elections scream, 

The flashy meal, now stomach churns, 

Viral clips that haunt our dream, 

And all in life, for poetry yearns.

The flashy meal, now stomach churns, 

The dog that barks and strains our purses, 

And all in life, for poetry yearns, 

Some things hold more weight than verses.

Reviews

[GlendaK]

Hi Brick, those lines that are repeated...there is a purpose?

[Red Brick Keshner]

Yeah, pantoum poems have repeated lines probably to reinforce a thought or a feel of a thought, sort of like a mental echo that is sounded out. Something like that.

[GlendaK]

Brilliant. It did just that. Thanks. Ironically, to quiet the baby-a poem(lullaby). To quiet the stomach-a poem.grace)..."And all in life, for poetry yearns."