World Book Day! Poem by Ramesh T A

World Poetry Day and Shakespeare birthday are the same;
Poetry survives literature and it was, is and will be so;
Classic poetry was oldest one before romantic one came;
Then modern poetry in many different forms upholds poems!

For classic poetry, we have Milton to remember forever;
Though elder, Shakespeare is king of romantic literature,
Whose place no one can replace as covers all ages sure;
Then novels of Charles Dickens only come to my mind now!

Poetry and criticism are two different things since long;
Modern literature combined both supported by Mathew Arnold
And T S Eliot as Poetry is criticism of life in the world;
Then criticism of politics and social change occupy ever!

Naturally, Poetry is all subjects in one to show truth to all;
World Poetry Day celebrates history, literature and all in one!