Friday, September 20, 2019
I wrote this poem while I was on my “Southern Tier” bicycle tour. I also kept a journal on the tour, you can read the journal by clicking on the Archive Link at the top of this page and selecting “Southern Tier 2019.”
Good Poem, Bad Poem
What makes a good poem?
It might be the rhyme,
Professor Higgins would agree, on a dime.
It could be the meter,
Dr. Seuss would be on your side here.
It might be the use (or not) of capitalization,
e. e. cummings would agree with that.
I say it’s the beholder that decides.
This is a bad poem,
unless,
you like it.
Brad Adkins