"The Modern Poem."



The modern poem

Copy and paste

The contemporary thought

Simply erased

The controversial rhyme

Who even cares

The meaning is there

You'll find it like a pile of a dirty word

On the sidewalk being seen and heard

But nobody really cares

That's how modern poetry impairs

Classic poetry might still be worst!

So do your best, and face your fear

Constructive feedback is hard to hear

Because the critics say they care

Did you just hear that movement of air?

Just write for you

It's all you CAN do

Because poetry can't make them care

So as a poet, I hope simply to impair

And then if you are to read

You might be a thought indeed

Somewhere beyond the hear and how

No punch line here so don't say wow!

Okay now I'm done

See? Wasn't faking discontent fun?!

About this poem

A personal take on the state of poetry in a language, in a specific place and a specific albeit, liberal time. Poetry is not an ends, poetry is an effect of a true languages' capability to allow those adept in it's use a tool which mastery grants poems. The liberal sense, where things become modern and demolish tradtion is a path all must walk atleast once in life. This poem has nothing to do with any of that.

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Written on June 06, 2021

Submitted by Delucidate on April 05, 2022

Modified on April 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X A B C C A A X X X B B D D B B X X E E F F
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 772
Words 169
Stanzas 25
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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