We have too much exhibitionism <br />and not enough voyeurism <br />in poetry we have plenty of bass <br />and not enough treble, more amber <br />beer than the frat boys can drink but <br />less red wine than meets the lip <br />in this beaker of the best Bordeaux, <br />too much thesis, too little antithesis <br />and way too much New York Times <br />in poetry we've had too much isolationism <br />and too few foreign entanglements <br />we need more Baudelaire on the quai <br />d'Anjou more olive trees and umbrella pines <br />fewer leafless branches on the rue Auguste Comte <br />too much sociology not enough Garcia Lorca <br />more colons and dashes fewer commas <br />less love based on narrow self-interest <br />more lust based on a feast of kisses <br />too many novels too few poems <br />too many poets not enough poetry<br /><br />David Lehman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/april-19/
