Category Archives: Poetry (What is it?)



Rejection

I keep sending poems to this magazine
And it, politely, keeps rejecting them.
Ironic—‘cause I wasn’t all that keen
To publish there, felt my poetic gems Continue reading →

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Another Essay On Criticism

This may take awhile, settle in your seats,
But don’t get too comfortable, you’ll need
To focus—no drowsing off! Poetic
Bleats demand an ear attuned, a mind that Continue reading →

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C’mon! Get real! (Epistle to a Dead Poet)

Maybe October is the cruelest month,
Not April. What crass beef could poets have
With Spring’s mild life-fomenting mists? Why shun
Those new-bred fragrant lilacs? Why so grave, Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry (What is it?), Wisdom

Industrial Culture

I joined a poet’s workshop—learned a lot
In just six weeks. Had no idea poets
Are a major industry! Mad zealots
Pay to publish thin chapbooks; besotted Continue reading →

Posted in Bullshit, Poetry (What is it?), Vanity

Poetry + Editor = Vicissitude

A certain editor, distressed
At the venomous plaints
Of rejected authors,
Proposed a definition: Continue reading →

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An Inquiry Into the Nature of Modern Poetry

I cannot fathom modern poetry.
Too damn deep perhaps; perhaps too shallow—
Perhaps I bring a mind too long fallow—
Unfertile soil for what it sows in me. Continue reading →

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