0005 Totally Boring Poem Poem by Michael Shepherd
0005 Totally Boring Poem
I’m totally bored by:
poems that sound like other poems
poems that try to sound unlike any other poems
poets who never take risks
poets who think that taking risks
makes them good poets
poems with 'meaning'
poems with no meaning
poets who slag off other poets
as if that achieves something
poets that tell you that rhyme
is not for an age but for all time
poets that tell you that rhyme is outmoded and boring
poets who think that the poetry of 'the past'
is greater than that of 'the present'
poets who think that the poetry of 'the present'
is greater than that of 'the past'
poems that tell you the poet's the first to discover sex
poets that tell you they’re the best sex you’ll ever have
although you’ll never meet them to find out
poets that tell you they’ve been dumped
poets who've never known love and being dumped
poets who are ambitious
poets who are unambitious
poets who tell you all about higher things
poets who reject higher things
poets who think life’s just a joke
poets who think life’s no joke
poets who sit on the fence
poets who have no sense of balance
poets who despise 'the middle ground'
poets who talk about technique
poets with no technique
poets who just throw down their thoughts
poets who 'work up' their poems to a self-satisfied polish
poets who list what they like (who cares?)
poets who list what don’t like (who cares?)
poets who write about extreme states
poets who think they’re immune to extreme states
poets who tell you why they’re bored
poets who have opinions
poets who seem to have no opinions at all
poets who have boring opinions to air - why choose poetry?
poets who comment on others' poems
as if it's the last word
poets who never bother to comment
on others' poems
poets who don't love poetry passionately
poets who tell you they 'love poetry passionately'
poets who – oh I’m too bored to go on reading this,
how about you?
I suppose you have boring opinions too?
another time perhaps
and oh yes I'm most of all bored by
those who waste their precious time on this earth
being bored
well I feel better for that.
how about you?
Wow, a poem that ends all discussion of poetry! It's time to go read some non-fiction.
implicitly conveys the winged word should know no bounds, good, keep it up
I think the feeling of this piece that got it written was, poetry transcends all fixed opinions about what it is or should be...
Oh my goodness, Michael. Perhaps I should delet this morning's posting lest you are bored. :) This is a thought-provokins poem which will probably fall on deaf ears of those of us who continue to write boring poems. It made me smile, and it certainly did not bore me. Raynette
We had a well-known 'popular opinion column' journalist over here who would write totally opposite opinions on consecutive days. She's immortalized in 'Private Eye' satirical magazine as Glenda Slag. Something I read in the Forum reminded me of her...
Ooops, I'm not sure what middle ground to take here - there's so many :) . This poem raises the question: 'Why have poetry at all? ' Because it's there, I guess. a thought provoking piece, though, Michael.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/18/2024 9:35:51 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Michael, I think you got so bored that you let two small errors slip through. There is so much truth in this that I have decided to watch it from the sidelines. Best H