The greatest poems are short and sweet.
My favorite poems are brief.
A poem shouldn’t be too long,
And that’s my firm belief.
A poem shouldn’t babble on
With endless pointless blabber.
A poem shouldn’t carry on
With senseless jibber jabber.
Get to the point, and wrap it up!
Please make it rather quick.
I know I shouldn’t be so harsh,
But long poems make me sick!
They often go off topic and
It makes me want to shout!
They add in pointless gibberish
That should’ve been left out.
At what point does a lengthy poem
Become just mindless chatter?
Why should I read a bunch of fluff
That doesn’t even matter?
Like waterfalls or mountain air
Or baby ducks or flowers!
Oh, don’t stop there, please write some more!
I’ve got a couple hours!
A poet should know when to stop!
A poet should refrain!
A poet should begin to sense
Another person’s pain!
A poet should be sensitive
Of other people’s time!
Oh great! Another stanza!
Oh Joy! Another rhyme!
I loathe it when, no matter what,
A poem keeps on growing.
It could’ve ended long ago,
And yet it keeps on going!
A poem’s not a novel, folks,
Nor multi-page report!
A long poem is obnoxious!
My favorite poems are short!
And when it’s finally ending,
And you think for sure it’s dead,
The poet starts repeating things
That he’s already said!
And when it’s finally ending,
And you think for sure it’s dead,
The poet starts repeating things
That he’s already said!
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