Poetry In Disguise

[+ reading list] [- reading list] Poetry in Disguise A Poem by G. Harrison Quay A poem about my lack of understanding of poetry.

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I once could recognize poetry,
I knew it every time.
A poem was never disguised you see
it had structure, meter, and rhyme.

But poetry has evolved and changed
and I have been left behind.
I have to have some poems explained
before they make sense in my mind.

Some are really quite beautiful
and some are rich with meaning,
some seem to mean nothing at all
and some make me feel like screaming.

I have seen single sentence poems
and one with a singe word only.
How can one express with one word
the pain suffered by the lonely?

How can a single sentence express
the mixed up emotions of love,
of friendship, of joy, of complete happiness,
or the beauty of a fall moon above?

I don't understand, but I'm trying to,
how a poem can be lacking in rhyme,
and so I'm beseeching all of you
to explain when you can spare some time.

? 2007 G. Harrison Quay

Reviews

[justjenn_2u]

I remember reviewing this before and I still like this one just as much as I did the first time I read it. I also remember how where you speak of poems that do not make sense (this has to be one of my biggest annoyances).

I am so glad to see you back here. I have to catch back up with all the reviews I had given you before : )

Can't wait to see your new ones too : )

[The Devil's Own B***h]

This is brilliant. Perfect form and rhyme. I've never been one for rhyming (just never feels right to me), but your poem flowed beautifully all the way through!

Great job!!!

Josie

[Nic E]

I loved this write... although "my poems" lack some of the things/structure that you converse of... plainly put poetry to me is a song of the heart.. so at whatever moment/mood my heart is in ; could just be speaking or saying 1 word I must write what it says... but that's only my personal take.