Form! Form! And More Form! <br />by Barbara Lynn Terry <br /> <br />Form! Write your poem as to form, <br />Give us some kind of norm. <br />Don't go helter skelter as you write, <br />Make the message clear and bright. <br /> <br />Form! Gives us poems as in days of old, <br />When there were sonnets that were bold, <br />And told of loves lost and gained, <br />While those that left should have remained. <br /> <br />Form! Make the haiku of nature serene, <br />Write your verses virtuous and redeem, <br />All that is left of your integrity, <br />So you may hold your head high with dignity. <br /> <br />Form! Form! And more form. <br />What the heck is the norm, <br />That everyone says should be, <br />Written for the reader to see? <br /> <br />Can you tell me why, <br />That I cannot get by, <br />With a simple write, <br />That is clear and bright, <br />With nay the messy form, <br />That everyone says is the norm?<br /><br />Barbara Lynn Terry<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/form-form-and-more-form/
