The ONE essential pre-requisite of a poem is that is says something which needs saying. Nothing else matters as much. It can be beautiful, or funny, or scary. But unless it says something that needs saying, then regardless of how beautifully it is crafted, it is still going to be unnecessary wordage.
Strong Agnosticism
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Agnosticism tends to get characterized as a kind of shrugging your
shoulder's position. But strong agnosticism asserts much more than a shrug
of the should...
Killing kids softly (with his smoke)
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I saw him smoke near children,
I saw him light his fag,
So I went up to tell him:
He was a Scallywag,
And he was there this fat bloke,
puffing loud and s...
Arf arf! Arf arf arf arfarf!
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Little Dog is off to see Petie (his best friend) today, and he is wildly
excited about it. He is scampering up and down my desk in excitement.
"Arf. Arf ar...