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!

[Pete Langley]

There`s nothing wrong with rhyming, Ric.
There`s only one bad poets trick
and that`s to bullshit on the page,
to posture when you want to stage
a piece of crap as badinage
or use invective just to charge
your piece with venom, make you look
a slick smartarse....when in my book
you denigrate those you call friends
.....these gentle folk you should defend!!!

Sorry, man, rhyme`s not my thing.
I gave it up in nineteen hundred and frozen to death. P

[Baby Ricochet]

HA! That's awesome. Best review ever!

[Pete Langley]

Naaaaaa. Rhyme`s easy. Saying something worth saying is the hard part. P.

[KAOlmsted]

HA! There is absolutely no excuse for bad writing. I have neither the time nor the patience to suffer bad writing, so I can totally relate to this. That third stanza is f*****g money. You know, the only people who might find this offensive will be the people who see themselves in the verse, so...f**k 'em ;-) Maybe they won't send you RRs anymore, you know, to "punish" you *laugh*

Hmm...Maybe I'll write one of these xD

[Baby Ricochet]

Oh I've had the "What in the f**k is this about" reaction to poems heavily laden with metaphors many a Time. If your reader has no clue what you're saying your writing has failed miserably. They don't have to like it but they need to understand it. Tai is one of the few writers on here who can accomplish brilliance with heavily laden metaphors. Most of us should use them sparingly

[KAOlmsted]

Agreed. Nice to see you, btw ;-)

[JM Russell]

I often thought what you have written. I wondered ~WHY~ I continued. Then it dawned on me----I was waiting for good poetry. Glad I stumbled on yours. Excellent work.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you JM

[A poet's heart]

Hahaha I actually love this poem, well done! It's so true hahaha. Cheers for the amusement it brought!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you A poet's heart

[Mary]

this is so fun! ha ha ha ha! and true- we rant, we rave, we search for Dave, oops I mean we're very brave, we laugh, we cry we look up at the sky, and then we make peanut butter sandwiches (free verse.) This is going into my favorites!

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Mary

[Jamie Cook]

YES!!!! XD OH MY GAWD!!! That made my day! XD i died so hard, I most likely torture readers with my long poems XD This was awesome, it was an awesome topic, props to you man! :D yay i feel so happy after this :3 Wicked job :D

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Jamie

[Jamie Cook]

welcome :D

[MandaBear]

Lol this made me laugh all the way through. Perfect way to tell the truth! This is going into my favorites. This was truly a great write I am glad I decided to look at other people's writings. 100% Awesome.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Amanda

[Mary E Green]

I liked it- b/c I can definitely take myself too seriously, this was so nice for a change :)

[Baby Ricochet]

Why thank you mary

[mattavelli]

I haven't been to this site in a while, but I got an email, letting me know that some unknown sexy woman wanted me to email her. I dismissed it and went to the writing page. I read your poem, because I liked the title and the picture. I read it twice. The first time I read it, it seemed angry. I felt your use of syllables gave it force. It was too raging for my taste. The second time, I read slowly. I enjoyed the rhyming and got a kick out of your observations and opinions. -take care

[Baby Ricochet]

Great review. Thanks for stopping by mattavelli.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Lol now why don't you say what you really feel? :-p

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Carolann

[Carolann Dowsett]

You're welcome Ricochet.