UPDATE

I stopped writing for a year or two

I'm writing again because I have nothing better to do

I reread my poems start to end

And momentarily wondered how I had friends

 

As serious a problem as that might be,

to be honest, it's the meter that bothers me.

Sometimes it's consistent, easy to follow,

other times it drags, and makes the poem sound hollow.

I thought I'd be different this time around

but already I see this has the same sound.

 

Instead let me address another defect,

it's my rhyme scheme you see

I just can't expect

A-B-A-B or something simple as that

because before long I see A-C-D-A and while it's compact

it certainly doesn't sound nearly the same,

oh my, this line in every way is quite lame!

 

The page has its problems as well,

old poems claim new, and that green makes me yell

the picture, my age, grade, and school

are now incorrect and that's not cool.

 

I'd rather make it public knowledge

that I am in fact a sophomore in college,

and while my rhyming and meter may be quite primitive

I'll start writing again, just on a whim,

and you'll notice I missed a couplet, if you didn't skim.

 

This poem is ranting, raving, and long,

honestly, I doubt I can go on,

so I think I'll call it quits but

     just for a

   bit

(sloppy enjambment to add to my laments)

and leave with a promise that better poems are being made

and uh, well, er... I hope they pick a nice shade (for this poem?)

Oh boy, I need help!

 

Herbert O. Holzbauer
© January 2007

 

Midi: "Poems Prayers and Promises"
(John Denver)
(www.sunncity.com)

 

Graphic: "HOH"
(Photo - at 18)