(“I don’t want to be a poet <br />and I don’t enjoy reading poems. <br />I read them when I feel boringness <br />to feel more boring and get to sleep” — Yodit) <br /> <br />Young Yodit has said it: <br />‘All poetry is boring’ <br />So it does us no credit <br />What we’ve been ignoring. <br /> <br />The true use of verse <br />Is not to uplift, <br />Or inspire, which is worse; <br />It’s to make people drift, <br /> <br />Bored to death, into sleep <br />With monotonous writing <br />That makes counting sheep <br />Seem far too exciting. <br /> <br />So thank you, young Yodit, <br />For putting us right. <br />From now on it’s “Sod it! ” <br />No more shall I write.<br /><br />Pete Crowther<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-wisdom-of-yodit-or-why-i-am-giving-up-writin/
