If poetry is art, then what form should it take?
Is ignoring things like layout the cause of my mistake.
You see to me a poem should be heard before its seen
Its an audio based art form, using sound to express its theme
So when I write my poems, and lay them on the page
I do so as if they're spoken by an actor on a stage.
Now I see some other poets, who lay it out so pretty
But when I try and read it, its disjointed and bitty
So again I ask my question, if your poems meant to rhyme
should you really break your verses in the middle of a line?
See I don't only write poetry, I like to read it too
so when a layout trips me up, I want to say to you
Why do that your reader, why get them on that train
only to pull the cord and get them off and on again
A poem is a journey, I should sit back and take a ride
not trip and stumble frequently over messages you hide.
So next time you write a poem, with more focus on the look
Go down to library and get a calli-graphy book.
May 8, 2010
May 8, 2010 at 2:18 PM UTC
If poetry is art, then what form should it take?
Is ignoring things like layout the cause of my mistake.
You see to me a poem should be heard before its seen
Its an audio based art form, using sound to express its theme
So when I write my poems, and lay them on the page
I do so as if they're spoken by an actor on a stage.
Now I see some other poets, who lay it out so pretty
But when I try and read it, its disjointed and bitty
So again I ask my question, if your poems meant to rhyme
should you really break your verses in the middle of a line?
See I don't only write poetry, I like to read it too
so when a layout trips me up, I want to say to you
Why do that your reader, why get them on that train
only to pull the cord and get them off and on again
A poem is a journey, I should sit back and take a ride
not trip and stumble frequently over messages you hide.
So next time you write a poem, with more focus on the look
Go down to library and get a calli-graphy book.
Request permission to use this poem