The Poem of Doom

An Inspirational and Uplifting Poem EVERY DAY from Simon J. Halliday!

The Poem of Doom

Read on with caution, tenuous soul

For every word has a dangerous goal

To lure you in and turn your mind

An animal trap, a vast black hole

Of twisting, turning rhythmic prose

Which ever shifts yet never shows

It doesn't explain its true intent

It simply keeps you on your toes

Beware dear reader every day

For sometimes man has nothing to say

It's his own vision of earthly pain

A dragon which you might need to slay

Don't trust a word, for all is lies

You can't ignore the buzzing flies

Which hover around and stay so near

Within this poem of earthly cries

I hope this verse has not upset

Or caused the reader some regret

A self-indulgent tone today

How rude, this writer, casts his net

He catches souls with every word

The truth has now become absurd

You mustn't read on, you'll learn too much

The poem of doom is just a crutch.

So break away from every line

Stronger, rise from books and shine

Your future could be somewhere else

So far away from mine

(c) Simon J. Halliday 2013

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Reviews

[Tim Piotrowicz]

Simon J. Halliday...this is superb. A poem about the nature of writing itself. I loved every rhyme.
Only found one grammar error that I wouldn't mention except that it did interrupt the flow of reading.
"Don't trust a word, for all is lies" it should be "...for all are lies..."
IM PRETTY SURE, but I may be wrong. English is full of exceptions. Im no professional, but I thought I would let you know what I thought.
Will read your other works!

[Simon J Halliday]

Thanks so much for the review and helpful words. I love critical reviews! Cheers :)