When Poetry Sucks

NO SENSE OF HUMOR WARNING LABEL: Likely to offend those who can't take a joke. Sorry (No I'm not)

         We who wax and wane and rhyme
           Maybe it's all a waste of time
         and all we do is b***h and whine
         in poetic verse and rhyming line

         Here's one from some lonely lass
     Who's boyfriend left for greener grass
       So he could bone some skanky a*s
         Left lonely lass a real outcast

    Then there's the mysterious metaphors
     That no one knows the meanings for
     That reading's such a goddamn chore
     I'm confused annoyed and kinda bored

          Is that English that he's writing
        or it's his keyboard that he's biting
          Maybe he got struck by lightning
         and it's a seizure that he's fighting

         Painful yearning for love unknown
         Broken hearts and hearts of stone
           Some a*****e left her all alone
       Some s****y chick he wants to bone

           Free verse that goes on and on
           Jesus Christ it's five miles long
        Don't you know it's just plain wrong
          To torture readers for that long

         Writers that are to cool and slick
         The WC game is beneath their Bic
         They won't review a line or limerick
         You know what they can suck my dick

           And all the crazy teenaged drama
         Working out their childhood trauma
         Fucked up daddies fucked up mamas
           Leaving kids with their bad karma

             Bad Erotica all over the place
            Suicide notes leather and lace
             Personal failures and disgrace
             Ricochet's finger in your face

           I wrote this poem for some yucks
          Cause I don't really give two f***s
         and maybe we're all s**t out of luck
    But that's what happens when poetry sucks

Author's Note

Oh take it easy. I'm just fuckin with ya

Reviews

[Seamstress]

LOL, ain't that the truth!
I may be guilty of crying through some of the words I rhyme,
but they aren't for all they're for me at another time.
Reviews I don't pay much attention to
I don't care if I get a single one or two,
just my way of demons being worked through.
So Ricochet thanks for the laughs and thanks for the smiles
we can all write sucky poetry about our trials.

[Baby Ricochet]

Cathartic poetry's a beautiful thing. When I write about my deployments I'm doing the same thing.

[Seamstress]

I had a feeling you were, I truly enjoy reading those because it shows more truth than we shall ever see on tv.

[Baby Ricochet]

Those are some serious emotional pieces to me. That's why I don't respond to the reviews. Writing them is enough

[Seamstress]

Completely understandable, you have no need to respond to them.

[bean60]

Now that's a poem I can understand!

[TL Boehm]

Then there's the mysterious metaphors
That no one knows the meanings for
That reading's such a goddamn chore
I'm confused annoyed and kinda bored HEY THAT'S ME!
F bombs and the d word aside (although sometimes there's nothing else that will work - TMI but I was unfriended here at the cafe for using the f word in a poem believe it or not.) this was a funny write. I feel better now knowing why I am so unread after six years of shlepping around here. Yup. Its good to lighten up! Great poem.

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you TL

[jacob erin-cilberto]

very clever, and good reminder to us all not to become pompous poetical asses.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Jacob

[Michael Kevin Spencer]

lol I think I see your critique of me in here too :

Then there's the mysterious metaphors
That no one knows the meanings for
That reading's such a goddamn chore
I'm confused annoyed and kinda bored

lol! I've give you a 100 for originality bro.

[icaros13]

I'm laughin' out loud....and am guilty of some of that terrible poetry myself.

The ones who make me want to eat
Double cheeseburgers made with goat meat
Are those whose spell check is ignored
And all those god damned review w****s....

[James William Dyer]

"Bad Erotica all over the place
Suicide notes leather and lace
Personal failures and disgrace
Ricochet's finger in your face
" best part of the poem. This was funny, and I've honestly felt this way from time to time, usually before the xanax kicks in

[Debbie_Philly]

HAHAHAHAHA...... That was really good... and so true ;)

[Silent Kim aka mizmetap..]

Keep on f*****g with us cause I read between the lines and know you meant every rhyme. The energy you spit was a mark well hit. Nice write.

[LostandAlone]

Hahaha, this is f*****g awesome! Lol. This was hilarious, and awesome because it was a rant turned into great poetry. Nicely written. ;P

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks for stopping by

[LostandAlone]

Welcomes.

[Bridgette's Ink]

Oh my damn, that was pure comedic genius. XD I can't stop laughing now. It had me in stitches when you pegged the over-used, sappy, heart broken poems; they drive me mad. I thoroughly enjoyed this. ^_^

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Bridgette

[Denham Cole]

I especially like the line "when you're the one doing the pointing, no one is looking at you".
It speaks the loudest.. Well done!.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks for dropping by