Who Needs Poetry? Poem by Richard G Berg

Did you float
During your near-death
Experience?

Did you befriend the girl
Dancing in John Lewis?

How did the poet
Commit suicide?

How late do I stay
Up when socialising?

How many times a week
Do I eat out?

What does my friend's voice
Sound like?

Have you ever had meaningful
Conversations with Priests?

Why do poets publish poems?
Why must an actor act
Beyond their living room?

What's the point
Of human relationships?

Could I approach somebody
And ask: do you have
A pet?

How many books
Can you read at the same time?

What's my favourite city,
Culture, chocolate and cat?

What would I like written
On my tombstone?


With questions
Like these:

Who needs
Poetry?


April 2019
Richard G Berg