Poems are not Poetry, anymore Ms. Moore

Utterances perhaps sent forth

Looking for acclaim

in this world,

But no one I can find

writes a line of poetry

anymore, Ms. Moore.

I blame the war on rhyme,

Though not to rhyme

is not a crime, except

when it is.

I read such academic lines

and wonder but at least

they don't rhyme.

Such acolytes must abhor

the unprocessed word

of such a bore

as I.

They must strip rhyme

anytime it should

appear.

While such as I

just spit, a line

and there it

sits and

rhymes.

To hold deep thoughts

at a minimum must

the academic

as he defends

his polemic.

Ms. Moore, I respectfully disagree,

business documents

aren't poetry.

Except in the hands

of academics

who write

the epics

of today,

unread.

12/01/10