I suck at poems

[SubKamran]

We have to come up with 2 poems to submit to a local literary magazine... I can so NOT do poems.

Take a look:

The poems I write have no rhyme
In fact, I think they’re all a waste of time
Who sits down to write these stupid prose
People with no life, that’s who, I suppose

Putting words together to form a verse
Then finding another word to rhyme with the first
And what if you can’t find a word to use in the chorus?
That’s OK, just use the Thesaurus

There used to be a time when poems were commendable
But not anymore, nope, now they’re expendable
They seem to appear, right out of thin air
Written by anyone, mostly teens though, I swear

There were people who could write, like Edgar Allen Poe
Now we have these hacks; Bill, Bob, and John Doe
There should be some law, against making bad poems
Stuff about life and stupid lawn gnomes

Well, my poem is done, about nearing its end
I realize it’s poor, it’s fine, don’t pretend
But remember, you should be glad…
At least it isn’t about some girl or my dad

Hehe.

 

[DreamThrall]

Haha, clever :cheers:

 

[Stigmata]

:thumbs: Great stuff. [mad] Props for originality.

 

[B.Calhoun]

Thanks man i have to write a poem for english but now i can just rip yours off! :cheers:

 

[Tinneth]

Pretty good...

 

[joule]

Great poem. I love it! :thumbs:
The best poem I have ever read in my entire life...and I can actually understand what you are trying to say.

And you speak the truth very well.

 

[SubKamran]

Ahaha. My brother thinks it rocks, lol.

I suppose I'll submit, I have to. I might not do another poem, instead do a story or something. We have to submit 2 forms of media (poems, stories, art pieces, etc.).

 

[Crushenator 500]

Heh that was great, nice work

 

[Foxtrot]

I did a poem similar to that, it really pissed off the teacher.

 

[f|uke]

The most overlooked quality to poems is meter. People tend to think it just has to rhyme.

"The poems I write have no rhyme
In fact, they’re all a waste of time"

Much better.

I approve of the content tho. :thumbs: Sappy poems suck.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Awesome. Not quite the same as doing a speech and speeches, about half my class did that this one time and the teacher was fuming. Then one guy did a two minute speech about his dead cat, including a one minute silence...