The Poetry Olympics Poem by Panagiota Romios

-Who wants to act their age?
-Not me, count me out!
-Who wants to be King of the Hill?
-Remember that game?
-It makes me quite ill.

-Why can't we just be ourselves?
-Instead of proving we are the best
-of the bunch.
-The Olympics of Poetry?
-POTD, first, second, third or honorable
-mention.
-Do these bind us together, or a cause for
-separation and dissension?

-I'd much rather see plain enjoyment of each
-other's poetry.
-Where you are you and I am me.
-A poem, further should stand on it's own.
-No videos, no images, just let the
-poet's words roam.

-Think of Poe, Shakespeare, Cummings
-or Longfellow.
-If their words cannot reach us on their own,
-Must we find an image or video to drive the
-point home?

-Such is the age we live in, when
-words no longer matter?
-But we must, oh, we drool for an image.
-To fill the void, when it's the poets
- job to be the artistic master!

            January 22,2020
                   6pmPST