Nonsensical Verbosity

Enter my contest http://www.writerscafe.org/contests/Poems-about-poetry/54829/

Your nonsensical verbosity

is poetical atrocity!

Artistic licence is too easy,

to justify your,  just too breezy,

wanton disregard for grammar rule;

necessities we were taught in school.

Language melds into monstrosity,

to prove your own virtuosity,

and so succumbs to simply sleazy.

Cakes, not bards, are meant to be cheesy.

A pen can be a powerful tool.

Use it wisely, or be proved a fool.

Author's Note

2 sextets of 9 syllable count, rhyme scheme aabbcc

Reviews

[Dr. YumnaKay]

You make sestests sounds so easy, Lyn! This is cool and speaks my mind regarding the subject. Some times, I just shake my head at what people qualify as a piece of writing (not wanting to appear bigheaded here though)
"Cakes, not bards, are meant to be cheesy."
This made me laugh lol you def know how to give a virtual punch! :D

[Lyn Anderson]

I love my cheese cake. Thanks so much. You are a person whose writing, and evolution in that writing, is to be admired and emulated. :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really like the humor, but in a serious sense...for poets, words are key and the presentation of them is so important....sloppy writing taints the genre...
j.

[Lyn Anderson]

You know of what I speak and always present your work beautifully and in style

[Lydia Shutter]

Wonderful tongue in cheek humor and choice of vocabulary in this one! Loved the rhyming too. Indeed, there are too many people who think they can just throw some words on the page and call it a poem. Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much. You always present beautifully.

[Gee]

I think there must be many on here, who like me, left school not much the wiser than when they started and “ wing it “ when it comes to writing.
Really like the second verse.
Hi Lyn, hope you are well.

[Lyn Anderson]

Well you wing it well my friend. :)

[Samuel Dickens]

You've expressed sentiments that I share, but usually keep quiet about. Over the years I've said how I feel about bad writing a few times, but then regretted it. Who am I to tell someone what is right or wrong and how they should write? After all, I'm just a poorly educated amateur with no degrees or certificates. Being proved a fool is not a nice thing. Thank you for this wise poem.

[Lyn Anderson]

Ah yes, it's really not a matter of you or I telling anyone anything. It's the rules of the English language, and conventions of poetry that determine what poetry is and is not. Even in free verse, there is phrasing, rhythm, timing, and basic spelling and grammar. If you break a rule ('i.e., ee cummings, et al.) it still has to have a style and flow even if it's quirky

[Samuel Dickens]

I do like the rules and try to adhere to the ones I know about. It just seems that many "poets" display no such reverence. Then too, my nuts and bolts brain is frequently unable to understand what they write. For me, words have to have meaning, and nonsensical writes leave with a headache.

[Chris]

Chuckling here... Foolish IS as the Fools'(ish) does.

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha ha ha. I would love to see a poem from you on this subject. Your style may be unconventional, but it most definitely is a style.

[barleygirl]

Did you create a contest just to highlight this justified rant? *wink! wink!* I have been noticing a newsfeed-clogging trend from a few of the more "prolific" writers here at the café. I try to hold back my commentary but it's always satisfying to see someone witty like you letting 'er rip as you do so craftily! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Lyn Anderson]

I've been busted. I have no issue reading a story, a blog, an opinion piece etc., but I would prefer they be labelled as such. Thanks for stopping in. And do please enter the contest -- I look forward to reading.:)

[barleygirl]

I never enter contests, but thanks for the invite!

[Lyn Anderson]

make this a first ...nudge nudge

[Coyote Poetry]

I do agree and I liked this poem.
"A pen can be a powerful tool.
Use it wisely, or be proved a fool."
Dear Grandfather told me. Use your words wisely. negative words and thoughts can lead us to dangerous places. Thank you Lyn for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Lyn.