BRIAN & ANGELA

P O E T R Y IS ................. ?

Poetry\'s from the Heart and not the Head

Poetry lets you say things ~ better left unsaid

Poetry is sweet nothings ~ snuggled up in bed

 

Poetry is an art-form no one should refuse

Poetry\'s the best cure for the Blues

Poetry\'s not rational ~ mystic movement of one\'s muse

 

Poetry\'s is folk lore from the distant past

Poetry is rapping ~ incoherent much to fast

Poetry\'s eternal designed to last and last

 

Poetry is words ~ apposite to Season

Poetry is timeless ~ devoid of meter rhyme or reason

Poetry deemed \"modern\" is to the Purists TREASON !

 

Poetry is yours and poetry is mine

Poetry\'s spontaneous ~ explosive line by line

Poetry\'s meant to be enjoyed not dissected and untwined

 

The moving hand doth write

and having writ moves on

Nor all thy piety and wit

can lure it back to cancel half a line

Nor all thy tears wash our a word of it

So don\'t give a bugger what other people think

Just write and always lubricate ~ your poem with a DRINK

 

Thanks for reading ~ comments welcome ~ Love & Peace BRIAN XOX

 

Even though I write (and publish) Classical styles of Poetry ~ I am a

Free Spirit and I can\'t stand people who carp and criticise other poets

for 6 ~ 8 ~ 4 Haiku ~ Sonnets with 16 lines and too many \"half rhymes\".

Personally I see BEAUTY & VALUE in all poetry and always ENCOURAGE !