Modern proponents of free form. <br /> Do not accept that poetry <br />has certain rules and must conform. <br />Or it becomes mere anarchy. <br /> <br />Anything goes just will not do. <br />It’s either poetry or prose. <br />One must give credit where it’s due <br />They both have merit I suppose. <br /> <br />Prose poetry cannot exist. <br />An oxymoron obviously <br /> but modern writers will insist <br />that what they write is poetry. <br /> <br />They aren’t content to call it prose <br /> well written and quite beautiful. <br /> Care taken with the words they chose <br /> describing something wonderful. <br /> <br />Although so many writers try. <br />There’s very few achieve their aim. <br />They do not stop to wonder why <br />But simply write more of the same. <br /> <br />Make no attempt to learn the rules <br />Meter and rhyme a mystery <br /> they lack the simple basic tools <br />You need for writing poetry. <br /> <br />A poem is a message to <br />transmit your ideas and your thoughts. <br />So other folks can share them too. <br />If you can write them as you ought. <br /> <br />Simplicity and clarity <br />are prerequisites for our art. <br />The finest kinds of poetry <br /> are written from the poets heart. <br /> <br />Mere strings of words in random lines <br /> are neither prose nor poetry. <br />Each of us knows what he defines <br />as being his idea of poesy. <br /> <br />I rest my case I make no plea <br />I merely state my preference. <br />Applicable only to me <br />I do not wish to cause offence. <br /> <br />6-Jan-08<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-preference/
