Is it Poetry?

I wrote about this stuff last year on my blog just before Christmas. So writing about it again means it is important to me. I’m not against new things; sometimes a change is good, but there are certain things that should not be changed. One of those things is poetry. I’ve read some crazy stuff, mumbo jumbo to me. I think if somebody wants to experiment with new styles and new ideas, they should give it a new name. So these are my thoughts on #‘Poetry’. Actually, I wrote a poem about it. Here it is:

The other day I read a poem

And it left me puzzled and perplexed

Where the heck is all this goin’?

And I worry what comes next

It didn’t make no sense to me

Just a jumble of crazy words

No rhyme or reason that I could see

Even when I read it backwards

I always thought the words should rhyme

That’s how it used to be

To write a real poem takes effort and time

Until it becomes a thing of beauty

They call it modernist whatever that means

It still sounds like nonsense to my ear

Just because a sentence has its own line

Don’t make it a poem I fear

I’ve never been a fan of modern art

Picasso has always left me cold

His poems may have been written from the heart

And his pictures for millions they sold

I don’t mean it is crap he wrote

It just isn’t my cup of tea

It is important here to note

He was a genius and will always be

Some people may say I’m a stubborn old mule

Perhaps afraid to embrace this new way

But I don’t think that I’m such a fool

To believe real art to its true form will stay

Herbert Grosshans ©2014