Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Poem for a Friend who needs a Critique

A poem about being a troubled kid,
Voiced by a vain and confused young man
Some gibberish nightmare garbled and hid
Buried in Mickey Mouse dreams and flim-flam.

Obsessed with medievals  he cannot sort 
Throwing on words for the rhyme each earns
Using ideas as a Malaprop's tort
Phrased vaguely, tangled and bald by turns.

I feel there's a message here wanting the stage, 
But the poet is afraid to hear his own voice
To withhold may be wise, to reveal may be brave
But halfies and halfies is never a choice.

Write something else or give all that you've got 

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