What is a poem

But a four lettered word

Structured just so

By the poets of the world 

What is a poem 

But a beckoning mistress

Calling and calling 

To write words of distress 

 

What is a poem

But an unstructured sonnet

Beckoning young women

To loosen their bonnets

 

What is a poem

But a peculiar Haiku 

Completely confusing 

To the likes of me and you 

 

What is a poem

But a tangle of lies

It’s web can bring pain

It holds our souls when we cry