PoemHunter.com <br />the American Bandstand of poetry. <br />But worse <br />at least those kids <br />had to stand there <br />for all America to see <br />and give a reason <br />no matter how inane, <br />“I give it an eighty-three; <br />it’s got a good beat, you can dance to it” <br /> <br />Here they just <br />pop in <br />and click. <br />Cyber-cowards <br />Pseudo-critics <br />Not even the courtesy <br />of <br />a reach around, <br />“I give it a six, Dick, it rhymes” <br /> <br />(9/23/05)<br /><br />Richard Quinby<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/out-here-in-poetry-land/
