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Some (would-be) poets do believe ...

Some (would-be) poets do believe
the way to write effectively
is gushing out upon a page
(and through one’s eyes?)
what’s stirring heatedly
within one’s heart

But like the small untutored child
who bangs away
upon piano keys and thinks
he’s full of musicality
when all that he sounds out
is tumbled and discordant noise,

the poets who disdain
the learning and employment of
the Dance’s necessary steps
for obtaining in one’s work
poetical enchantment and felicity

and hold that it is virtuous

to make a reader guess
at what they mean to say;

to forgo sense and clarity
in order to get paltry rhyme,
and to engage in grammar gaffes
for meter’s sake

compose without a single line
of sensual appeal to bring
a reader well inside experience
;
and always tell, not show,
the things they say they feel,
eschewing metaphor and vibrant simile,  


has not the power or the skill
to draw up anything
that even verges on astonishing
and makes a reader feel
these heart spurt pieces are not worth a read
let alone a second thought.
As Oscar said,
all poetry that springs
from feelings genuine
that is not  disciplined by art
and knowledge of technique
will likely end up
being swill.
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