POETRY IS:

Poetry is not just about what gladdens the soul,

It´s also the whispered echo in the sad dark hole,

It´s not just cutsie kittens, pups, butterflies & love,

It´s not only of fluffy white clouds scudding above.

 

Poetry is also about the hate, snot, blood, pus & grime,

It is about society´s, war, injustice, corruption & crime,

It is about the abandoned child & little whipped dog,

It is about our planet sinking into man´s mad, sad bog.

 

Poetry is not just about the sex or the nubile maid,

It is about the ill, the hungry & those who are afraid,

It is about the whore, the lonely & all those in pain,

It´s not about turning our heads & trying hard to feign.

 

Poetry is also about laughter, joy, the pretty child´s smile,

It is about lavender fields & forests that go on for miles,

It is about oceans, rivers & golden moonlight on lakes,

Poetry is about everything in life & about all that life takes.