What Should Poetry Be?

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Author: by Kermit Hale

Should poetry be political; a soapbox for the critical? Should its illumination be exaggeration To make a point, show a view or be inimical? Should poetry make sense, not leave you on the fence By over-simplifying, under-magnifying Or ignoring what would surely make a difference? Should poetry, like art, be such the heart to touch, And by its imitation surpass our expectation, And push the bounds and wax profound, or would that ask too much? Should poetry show illiteracy, not striving for legitimacy, And by its indignation and abject resignation Prove once for all it missed the call to common decency? Should not, then, poetry contain a symmetry Of rhythmic beat, each thought complete Until it ends and finds more friends than I could ever meet?

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