My Very Own Original Poem about Poetry

Poetry’s nice,

It’s quite the device

For speaking in language, sublime.

But seldom I rhyme;

I don’t have the time,

To fiddle with fluff, so concise.

Why be so terse,

And blather in verse,

That flows with cadence and beat?

I’d rather explete;

Use words more concrete,

So thoughts are made simple, not worse. 

An original poem by Ralph M. Petersen

Oct. 19, 2017