Rhyming Discourse On Abstract Poetry

Ah yes, I’m used to being very lucid<br>
I’ve always been crystal clear<br>
just to get my message across<br>
No obscurity I tend to bear.<br>
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I don’t enjoy spinning complex webs of words<br>
labyrinthine poesy puts my mind into a maze<br>
Rarely do I complicate my stuff<br>
to put your grey matter into a haze.<br>
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So usually I try not to be even a cryptic crypto-critic<br>
Through smooth roads do I drive my point home<br>
But I don’t really mind being more eclectic<br>
in carving and crafting a poetic dome<br>
I can’t speak cabbage when writin on carrots<br>
I donot ever digress from my topic<br>
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Ah, my poems and poetry I tend to paraphrase<br>
and I try to employ a lot of candour<br>
So both amateurs and professional can glean from my candid ways<br>
for my succint works ain’t no brainteaser.<br>
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Even when I go in deep waters<br>
and write poetry that’s intense and quite deep<br>
It’s still comprehended by both laymen and scholars<br>
coz’ mine has a rise and fall of the steep<br>
(they can always cross where it’s not too steep lol’) <br>
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yet indulging in other’s poetic intricacy<br>
is luring me too to go abstract<br>
So for a change I’ll try out this delicacy<br>
and will veil and mystify my fact<br>
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I’ll try to rack and rake your brains tortuosly<br>
might just keep you guessing forever<br>
I might apply verbiage and jargon for a change<br>
and opt for grandiloquent endeavour<br>
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Wonder if lots of gumption as such is required<br>
to throw this game of chance javelin at readers<br>
Complexity and ingenuity might be inspired<br>
but I leave that to leading poetry leaders.<br>
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Perhaps I’ve already acquired a taste for the sublime food for thought<br>
but penning arcane poetry is not really my cup of tea<br>
I love to fascinate myself by reading them<br>
but I prefer not to brew the difficul’tea’ of abstract poetry.<br>
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So I can’t forever be gnomic in my work<br>
Not for long can my poems be gobbledygook<br>
I can’t be moving the goal posts for me nor you readers<br>
Catch my cod with an uncomplicated hook.<br>
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And though my poetry may at times sound didactic<br>
but I simply say what I simply must<br>
before returning to forgettable dust<br>
A homily becomes shorter when tis but poetic<br>
to prevent even hearts of gold from gathering rust.