Anatomy Of A Poem Poem by Michael Pruchnicki

Some truth...........nicely presented in words

OK call a poem by any other name, and you be the critic who can't write one. You will still argue the point 'till dooms day on Earth. Where, if any, is there some purpose to your writing for finding a solution for peace other than war? Your poem's anatomy is but an aggressive rhetoric of empty feelings for peace, and caring less words. L.Levy

an intelligent satire on poetasters...It reminds me of reading An epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot by Pope...where he is really sick of self acclaimed poets...who bother him for his opinion of their poetry I liked reading this one for we [ excluding you, of course] sometimes are carried away with our personal judgment and do not see through the lacuna of writing.... **Abha**

I happened to click on this one of yours just now. It bounces off my 'I've got News For You' I wrote recently. If I am reading yours as you intended it, I think both have the same essence. Tom

I don't usually go for 'message' pieces as I find them artless (simply because the reader cannot reach an alternative understanding) . But I like the form of this and the piss-take of rhyming 'moan' with 'groan' is a great touch. I don't agree with the comment below. Art should not be used as some sort of therapy, if people want to have a whine, I feel they should do so by keeping a diary. Whilst the writer's experience serves as material it should never be used for soliciting sympathy or empathy. It is not only annoying it dumbs down the art form in general. That said I must now show my hypocracy by saying I agree with the sentiment of this piece as well as the manner that it is posed.