There is a place where significance ends - <br />that is the place where the metaphors tire <br />and the similes dimmily fail to inspire <br />and the poem runs out in a meaningless flood <br />but the poet won’t give up and declare it a dud <br /> <br />for the critics they spot and the readers they know, <br />you can get up and go, it’s the end of the show…for <br />there is the place where significance ends.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-poem-that-failed/
