A POETIC EPIGRAM
When a potential poet
decides to air
his delicate wit,
he consults the ultimate:
the Mighty Scansion List
He confronts among others
the trochee, anapest or iambic patterns
with “feet” that stumble
eventually grumbling,
“It really doesn’t matter!”
Consternation
begrudging admiration
confront the struggling poet
amazed with classic composers
who put word and form together
with irritating devotion.
Some poets who stumble
sense a different beat
place words upon paper
indiscriminate
are lost in thought
and merely ruminate.
Audience, oh audience
I know you’ve struggled with this,
but no more so than poets
fighting with the mighty
Scansion List.
Charles N. Inge is a longtime Washington State poet…who seems to know it!
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