What's all this?

Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)



What's
All this
Poetry?

What does it bring:

Truths, hidden insight,
Bring laughter and humour,
Start a fight or a rumour?

Deep, shallow, etched in life:

Mysteries hidden,
For poet's to write.

Others doubt:

They find
It
Absurd.

Not knowing:

There is power
And strength in the word.

Poet's may not agree
But there's liberty.

Rhyme, free, and prose:

Delivered
As words
Flow.

Using ego:

That's a crutch.
Doesn't really
Accomplish that much.

Wanting the world to see:

Look! Look! Look at me!

Swept away in
Vanity.

But for:

All
Those
Truly bold...
Surrendering
Brings out the gold!
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Written on June 21, 2023

Submitted by myway6119 on June 21, 2023

Modified by myway6119 on June 22, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXA B CAD X XC XXE DE AA F EXX GAG A A XA XFHBH
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 600
Words 143
Stanzas 15
Stanza Lengths 3, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 5

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