To Please the Poet

To Please The Poet
by Michael R. Burch

 
To please the poet, words must dance --

staccato, brisk, a two-step:
so!
Or waltz in elegance to time
of music -- mild,
adagio.

 
To please the poet, words must chance
emotion in catharsis --
flame.
Or splash into salt seas, descend
in sheets of silver-shining
rain.
 

To please the poet, words must prance
and gallop, gambol, revel,
rail.
Or muse upon a moment -- mute,
obscure, unsure, imperfect,
pale.
 

To please the poet, words must sing,
or croak, wart-tongued, imagining.
 

Originally published by The Lyric

Reviews

[Relic]

Excellent poem. I too like the rhythm, diction and message behind it.

[Michael R. Burch]

I'm glad you liked my poem. I will check out some of yours, thanks.

[Connor Veenstra]

I love the rhythm of this one. I really felt what you said about words needing to dance to be pleasing. Well done.

[Michael R. Burch]

I'm glad you liked the rhythm, and thanks for taking the time to read and comment.