ajwrites57

Poetry uses words, ideas, images, sounds, and forms to create a pleasing, pleasurable, sometimes passionate product for the poet and the reader. Poet's must practice the art of poetry for both themselves and their audience.  I've penned a few poems over the past few weeks in response to posts in Google+ Communities. Someone's words or something posted inspired in me in some way. I'd like to share them with you here. These are today's offerings to those that would read. I had in mind a poet's role and his audience's role. This is what I wrote. A poet likes, to take his time, write in meter, sometimes rhyme. Some readers like to, readtoofast, Never... ...let the... ...poem... last... © 2013 ajwrites57 This poem was written in response to a post where someone rudely expressed his opinion about poetry. Rudely, I admit with red-face, I replied with this poem. There once was a man, who thought poems