Bad Poetry Blues

I've read so much bad poetry
Plenty of it my own,
I’m guilty of most of these missteps

Stop using ten-dollar words
to impress with your vocabulary
And please, spend a moment
checking your spelling!

Rhyming is fine in limited doses
Using it too many times
makes me prefer trichinosis

I want to find you, to see who you are
and feel your tales, your thoughts,
and see your images in words

Our poems are like journal entries along our paths
If you agree, please don't be up to mischief
abusing the English language, or our dear readers
Don't lose your message behind poor grammar
or in stanzas only you can decipher

Tell me your story, your feelings
Let me see your vision
in the beautiful simplicity of clarity

About This Poem

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
What did you think of the rhythm or pattern or pacing?
How does this theme appeal to you?
How was the beginning/ending of the poem?
Is the internal logic consistent?

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Not actively editing

About the Author

Region, Country: San Francisco Bay Area - USA, USA

Favorite Poets: Bukowski

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Comments

“I might not rhyme

“I might not rhyme
like others would—
in your mind.

But at the end,
I promise—
I'll make sense to you.”

― Rafy Rohaan

I hear you Teddy, thanks! I

I hear you Teddy, thanks! I don't mind keeping a dictionary handy if a poem is using a word I don't know because it's the right word at the right time, but not if someone is flexing their vocabulary skills to impress.

I even like a bit of rhyming poetry too (in fact, I always like it when my own writing has the occasional rhyme), but using it too much begins to be grating, for me.

Cheers