Excrement isn't Experimental. It's Just Excrement

Have people who taught you told you
You were clever? I fear that some have,
And, now, with such hubris, you bore us
With “experimental” verse, dribbled out
Haikus and senryus and whatnot, or so
You describe them. They're actually
Nothings, words without meaning,
Plucked out of the air. Did those teachers
Tell you that such incoherence yields
Something profound? Well, honey,
It doesn't. Do us a favor. Relearn
How to write, as your nonsense
Is wasting our time.



Poetry by Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2020-03-11 at 22:28

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