The Unpoem Poem by Grace Diane Jessen

The Unpoem

Rating: 5.0


it. end is now do to thing best the so
it recommend or praise to little There's
salad tossed-poorly a resembles of sort it
ballad; a or haiku, sonnet, a isn't It
rose. obvious this as trite are rhymes the
clothes, man's tin the as ragged is meter The
constipation. as annoying oatmeal, as boring as It's
alliteration. or imagery of little There's
left. the of instead
right the from read Lines
top. the at ends and
bottom the at starts It
time. the all not but
rhyme, contain does It
be. should poem a like shaped only it's
see, you poem, a really not is This

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Written for a contest that wanted poems to be backwards, surreal, insane, upside down, in disarray, etc.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Savita Tyagi 01 December 2020

This is like reading the ancient Sanskrit Shlok where word placement is so often very unusual! Deciphering it would make a great sense however I am not about to try! Enjoyed as it is!

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Rajnish Manga 31 July 2017

Nice idea executed beautifully. Great fun to read. Thanks a lot.

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Grace Jessen 04 August 2017

Thank you, Rajnish. It was fun to write.

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Weslee Sampel 28 February 2017

I had trouble reading it because of the placement of commas and periods but I figured it out and I think its great

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Grace Jessen 01 March 2017

I'm glad you figured it out. I appreciate your comment.

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Kim Barney 03 December 2016

.turnings and twisting the of spite in this like really I .creative and clever Very ! masterpiece a created have you think I

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Grace Jessen 15 December 2016

Thank you!

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