Terrible Poetry

Poetry holds a particular place in my heart.

I have prose to write that holds more cadence than the best poem I could pen - but then, spoken word has always been more laden with what I'd like to call lilt, a construction I place somewhere between being able to guide the delivery of a piece without awkward and jarring caesuras, and a fart.

That was kind of a fart. I have never been able to capture the knack of poetry that makes the heart beat faster with anticipation for the next line, the kind of wordplay that strikes an audience silent, the sort of raw emotion that brings tears to people's eyes. Sometimes I wonder if I'm actually emotionally impaired. Maybe it's because I can never be honest with myself: I'm too scared to tell the truth. Maybe I don't want to face it at all. Content has never been my strong suit, and poets that can write pieces that rend the heart are not a group of which I am a part.

But I will admit my favorite part of writing poetry is in the challenge of setting yourself limits, with meter, with structure, or with rhyme. I once wrote a haiku tritina acrostic, which will probably end up in here if I can dig it up. That leads me to the purpose of this little project thread:

Here lies a place to share
the wankiest and most ridiculous
poems I have ever penned.
Come in and have your fare
of poetry dumb and perpendiculous
from now until the end.
Even if you do not care
to read my words stupidiculous
Feel free to stand and lend
your own efforts foul and fair
with your own made up wordiculous(es)
and something something blend.

Seriously, this is terrible stuff.