Please
Don't make me treat poetry
Like it's stagnant, static
Just chunks of stanzas
There is more to the greats
Of poetry
Than dissecting
What they left us.

When you're given
A pearl necklace
You don't cut open the pearls
To examine the layers
That lead to sand
You appreciate the
Facile beauty
And gently
Softly
Contemplate
The complicated structure
Therein.

"Poetry
*****"
And no wonder they think that
Teachers make
Reading of intricatesweetlovely
Words
A chore
A task
A question of right and wrong
Not of how you feel
It doesn't matter
What some textbook company wants me to think
Sometimes
Poets
Aren't being metaphorical all the time
And ALWAYS
We need to feel the poems
For
Ourselves.