<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392556" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Trials & Tribulations Of Poetry...</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Melodrama..........has never been my cup of tea<br>'Less, the spotlight of center stage.....be on me<br>Cross pens are mightier...than a sterling sword<br>Still i'd rather a Bugatti...than a brand new Ford.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When sunsets catch my eye's......i'm so inclined<br>To paint a scape of words.....of twilights skyline<br>I'm just an imagist.....spinning picturebook tales <br>Some simpatico in weight......on prosaic scales </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Tis what i do, to keep my mind's eye free of rust<br>Never wrote Sestina.........6 of 6 is too much fuss<br>Yet true poetry is fuss about perfection, an' more<br>Requiring the will, and want to adhere, 'n explore</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Many say poetry...is merely image and depiction<br>Yet this claim falls far short....of its pure definition<br>Beauty of the substance.......the sweet of the flow<br>That's what draws the line, 'tween poetry, 'n prose</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One need not rhyme, true poetry's self-melodious<br>Lyrical in flounce 'n flux, and yes quite harmonious<br>Too many think themselves a''Poet''......so absurd<br>For so few have mastered the art of Written Word</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thats why prose today....is the substitute of poetry<br>With no restrictions.......your limits are virtually free<br>As for me, i am no Poet..............Nor shall i ever be<br>I'm just an imagist....content with my picture stories</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+James+Ryan+Jr.">Frank James Ryan Jr.</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392556" data-title="The Trials & Tribulations Of Poetry... de Frank James Ryan Jr." data-description="Melodrama..........has never been my cup of tea 'Less, the spotlight of center stage.....be on me Cross pens are mightier...than a sterling sword Still i'd rather a Bugatti...than a brand new Ford. When sunsets catch my eye's......i'm so inclined..."></div> </div> </div>

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