It's Still Poetry

respecting the art~

If you lay some words on me and they don't mean a thing to me

it doesn’t mean that it’s not art, It is - if coming from the heart

Just because I don’t agree or understand completely

doesn’t mean it’s asinine (we all feel this from time to time!)

If your poem lacks eloquence or doesn’t make a lot of sense;

or if it fails to end in rhyme, it doesn’t have to all the time.

Poetic types can just express, how we’re feeling more or less

through funny, silly, inane chat - I guess we just converse like that!

Reviews

[Dara]

I really enjoyed this fun write. What you say is so true. I appreciate other's styles because I seem to use alot of rhyming. It just comes easily but I would love to be able to incorporate more of a free style from time to time. That being said, we are all different and the main thing is, it comes from the heart. Great poem!

[Mari' Emeraude]

I've tried my hand at free style but it always ends up drawing me back to a rhyme! Thank you Dara

[flaco]

very nice- often I read poetry and feel nothing or wonder what they are saying or nothing. but then at times the words to penetrate and find a place in me

I write a bit and it does not matter if anyone reads - just writing it is enough.

[Mari' Emeraude]

Thank you for taking the time

[Corbin]

This is a wonderful and fun poem! I enjoy your style and the message behind your poem. I have been thoroughly impressed!

[Mari' Emeraude]

Well thank you so much Corbin. :)

[Lydia Shutter]

I liked this a lot.....poetry can rhyme and it can be in a form or it can be free verse. The point is, the poet is expressing him/herself. The reader can interpret the words in a way that is very foreign to the poet's intention, but that's okay. This was sweet. Lydi**

[Mari' Emeraude]

I agree with you. Thank you for reading

[Adam Adams]

quite a poetry it is... well rolled, & roasted-yet-stuffed with some dramatic eulogy of modernisation. smoothly inked!

[Mari' Emeraude]

Thank you for the juicy review ;D

[Adam Adams]

cheery lips always deserve juicy review. 🥂

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Though I started with rhyming poetry, over the time, I grew comfortable in free verse and experimenting with forms. Given some months back, I wouldn't have agreed about poetry just coming from the heart, 'cause in my experience it can be expressed without emotions too. But now, I think poetry with the right emotions really touches the reader.
I enjoyed reflecting over this piece of yours. Nice one!

[Mari' Emeraude]

Thank you Dr YumnaKay. I have ventured into different styles of writing but I find if I try and write under restrictive categories, I have no idea what I'm doing!! I was on another site that wanted the poet to place their writing into the 'correct category' every time. I found I was trying so hard at finding the correct category it just took the fun out of writing altogether. I say, write it and let the reader place it ;p

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and even if others don't get it, yes, it is still poetry...as Archibald Macleish wrote in Ars Poetica..."a poem should be equal to/ not true"
and " a poem should not mean, just be"---

really like this...

j.

[Mari' Emeraude]

Thank you Jacob and ya know, I try and remember this when viewing artwork too, although some of it is hard to decipher! ;p

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Mari. Many kinds of poetry and many kinds of poets. I try to be polite to all people. Thank you for sharing your poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[UN]

I liked this, it almost had a bit of a Shel Silverstein kind of cadence to it, which paired with some humor makes a lot of sense. Just write what you enjoy, why worry so much about whether it's 'good' or not? Isn't art subjective?

[Mari' Emeraude]

Sometimes I need to keep reminding myself of that! thx for reading

[Richard McLin]

Great piece. Loved the word choices, it felt natural. Loved it.
-Richard

[Mari' Emeraude]

Thanks for stopping by to read, Richard

[Richard McLin]

Of course, looking forward to reading more of your work in the future.

[Mari' Emeraude]

And I'm getting ready to return the favorrrrr... :P

[Richard McLin]

lol, thank you very much.

[Relic]

I've never learned to write with emotion. I've always been lucky enough to have people like what I posted. I haven't been disappointed yet with your postings. You're doing a great job.

[Mari' Emeraude]

Wow! Thanks. That is very encouraging!