Poetry Has A Rhythm Of Its Own

POETRY HAS A RHYTHM OF ITS OWN

Poetry has a rhythm of its own
I have lost it
I have words
I have sentences
But I have no rhythm-

I have flat lines
One after the blank other
A mind without depth
A sense of lack
But no real way
Of making a music of poetry

All my efforts now
Are like these lines
Without resonance
Simple and single in meaning
Not what a poem at its best
Should be.

poem by Shalom Freedman
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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