I'm not good at poetry

Just a little fun-filled, humorous piece of writing - exploring the world of poetry. Maybe it's good, or maybe not. But I did warn you from the start - I'm not good at poetry.

I'm not good at poetry
I can't even rhyme
But I do get it right
From time to time

A QUATRAIN here
A quatrain there
The pattern is clear
The rhyming fair

A ll I have to do, is go
B ack to my ABC's
C ontinue along these lines
D one with such a breeze

Let us try HAIKU,
Very short japanese verse
Like this, I am done!

A CROSTIC, my next attempt
C hallenging in every way
R ead these lines carefully
O r you'll miss what I try to say
S hort lines
T he fist letter
I n each
C ompletes

CINQUAIN
Shortish, unrhymed
Sweet, rhytmic words
Really makes one think
Structured poetry (what's that about?)

I'm not good at poetry
I can't even rhyme
But I do get it right
From time to time

I think.

Author's Note

I tried to experiment with some different forms of poetry, all at once, using a different style in each verse and using the verse to describe the style. Hope you enjoy :-)

Reviews

Yes, very humorous, and you say that you're not good at poetry, but not all poetry has to be in a specific form. I always write in free-form, except for maybe a few haiku's here and there.

I've heard of a quatrain and a cinquain, but I'm not even ashamed to admit that I don't really know what they are.

"I'm not good at poetry
I can't even rhyme"
Those lines made me laugh a bit because you were rhyming throughout the poem, which I'm sure you intended. Very clever and witty, I like it.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

This is excellent, bravo my friend

[just rose.]

This is awesome. I love how you play with the forms here.

[A]

I learned a lot about the different types of poetry by reading this lol...I love the fun feel of this piece. Great poem :)

[(Super) Heroes Never Di..]

OMG that was really clever!! Its fantastic the way you incorperated different styles of poetry into one poem!! I never would have thought of doing something like this! :)

[Vonnie15]

I love how witty and clever this is.....Keep up the great work :-)

[qaralynn]

lol XD like it

[Storygirl]

What a creative and fun way to explain poetry form! This should have a place on every classroom wall -- really it should! Loved it. :-)

[Epiphany]

I really enjoyed this piece Manie! I've had a lot of people tell me I need to learn more styles and follow more form and while I enjoy reading these types I tend to not follow a lot of poetic rule. I enjoyed how you showed what these different pieces of poetry were within the piece!
Great job Manie!
Enjoy the day with a sunny and poetic smile to share ;-)

[Stephanie]

What do you mean, not good at poetry? This was really cool! I love how you incorporated different styles of poetry into one poem. I don't know if you were trying to write an actual haiku when you were talking about haiku, because that has a 5-7-5 syllable pattern and yours was 6-6-4. Even besides that, this was really good!

[emmajoy]

Experimentation is fun ... following rules is fun ... maybe a little individuality makes for even more!

It's great to read structured this or that, it's part of the learning and appreciation curve , but, 'tis even better to find something - whether prose or poem, that is unique because it cuts corners out of straight lines - if you know what I mean.

Your writing has a lot of wit, which is a great plus, and, you DO know what you're talking about - kidder!