speak plain

speak plain

A Poem by manchilld99
"

if the shoe fits ...

"

 

dear poet:

i don’t like your swag

how your words do drag

i find your

wordsmith’s flair

like a streaking flare

fiery words ablaze

used up burnt out just blasé

pedestrian struggling

on an uphill plane

too much stress on the brain

give up this pretentious strain

why not just speak plain?

© 2011 manchilld99


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Too much struggling....a lesson for us all. It should come from somewhere. Gotta learn to be patient.

Posted 12 Years Ago


LOL I love this and sooo true.

Posted 12 Years Ago


"an ice cream sundae with all topping and no ice cream"

Kid, I hear you. This is just what I mean.

Posted 12 Years Ago


I dig the "flair/flare." An esoteric line or feel here and there never hurt, but there are many that I liken to an ice cream sundae with all topping and no ice cream beneath. Very cool write.

Posted 12 Years Ago


good use of rhyme and half-rhyme here. i realize that's a pretentious review, but it's true.

and: i hear you.

Posted 12 Years Ago



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manchilld99
manchilld99

rochester, NY



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I write poems and stories, and have broadcast a blues show on the radio since 1982. I am from Harlem, currently live in Rochester, NY, but have been around. more..

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