"The Modern Poem."
The modern poem
Copy and paste
The contemporary thought
Simply erased
The controversial rhyme
Who even cares
The meaning is there
You'll find it like a pile of a dirty word
On the sidewalk being seen and heard
But nobody really cares
That's how modern poetry impairs
Classic poetry might still be worst!
So do your best, and face your fear
Constructive feedback is hard to hear
Because the critics say they care
Did you just hear that movement of air?
Just write for you
It's all you CAN do
Because poetry can't make them care
So as a poet, I hope simply to impair
And then if you are to read
You might be a thought indeed
Somewhere beyond the hear and how
No punch line here so don't say wow!
Okay now I'm done
See? Wasn't faking discontent fun?!
About this poem
A personal take on the state of poetry in a language, in a specific place and a specific albeit, liberal time. Poetry is not an ends, poetry is an effect of a true languages' capability to allow those adept in it's use a tool which mastery grants poems. The liberal sense, where things become modern and demolish tradtion is a path all must walk atleast once in life. This poem has nothing to do with any of that.
Written on June 06, 2021
Submitted by Delucidate on April 05, 2022
Modified on April 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X X X X A B C C A A X X X B B D D B B X X E E F F |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 772 |
Words | 169 |
Stanzas | 25 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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