I missed the memo

oh still on a rant

apparently I missed the memo,
while ee cummings was quite a fellow
he wasn't a poet didn't ya know it?
and neither was my heroine
Anne Sexton -- she was just a charlatan!
and so is anyone
who doesn't follow
a script down to the letter
I should have known better
none of their poetry
will survive history
I will be in excellent company
they can slum it with me.

Author's Note

This is what "passes" for poetry today ... sheesh!

Reviews

[Bright Ocean Star]

I like this one, too! You're on a roll, don't stop now....:)

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha, thanks, the "Missionary Or" is about this nonsense too ...

[willweb]

This was quite good and quite angry.

[willweb]

Ok good, I guess. That explains the angry.

[Lyn Anderson]

I didn't post the letter that precipitated these three poems. It would have made a lot of people angry.

[willweb]

I understand.

[Simran Kewlani]

This rant is actually good. Maybe these are the kind that pass these days. :p

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I am inspired. Motivation comes from unexpected places sometimes.

[Vidya Bacchus]

You know I love your rants Kit Kat.Idiots abound whatcha gonna do.

[Lyn Anderson]

Well kudos to him. Wiped my ex right off front page lol

[Vidya Bacchus]

Well even idiots serve a purpose lol

[Madalyn Beck]

Seriously?? I love this little rant of yours and if that's the case I'll be in the slums too. Clever rant you have here. I could feel your frustration fuming through this. xo (:

[Lyn Anderson]

As I said to Poppy, I am thoroughly miffed at the insults lobbed by a supposed fellow poet at all freeform verse. Mine apparently lacks metre has no discernible structure and is indistinguishible from anyone else's.

[Ruth]

Anne Sexton is my favourite female Poet...she damn rocked!! Still does...I often wonder what the hell all the judgement is for, far as I am concerned, is there a bad poem, really? I mean, poetry is from the heart and art from the heart has a valid place...people are too quick to judge and actually, those that are, are they any better? Hmm...anyhow, loved this, love your writing and may fish my Sexton books out this afternoon...first port of call, a fav - "Wanting To Die"...epic...hell, I'll slum with Sexton any day lol ♥

[Lyn Anderson]

Oh I am on a rant after an extensive writtn lecture from a "true oet" who considers freeform verse lazy drivel. Anyway, my last three poems are for HIM

[jacob erin-cilberto]

clever rant...i'll see you where you're slumming...i shall be too.
oh that charlatan Anne Sexton...guess i wasted my time writing my masters thesis on the likes of her and sylvia plath...
one typo i think..did you mean "quite" rather than "quiet"?

but a good purge of feelings here.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, thanks for catching that. I was in a snit and sloppy. Oh, now I really am in love with you, I knew about Sylvia Plath, but not Anne Sexton, she is my absolute top fave of all time.:)