This poem is best when it’s read aloud. It flows well and it can work almost like a fast rap. I wrote this in 2005 during my first year teaching.

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Poetry is not simply words
placed side by side,
it’s a way of revealing
not concealing,
what we hold on the inside.

And poetry is not just a rhyme
you throw together from
time to time,
it’s way to express the stress
slapped on our chests
keeping us from rest.

The truth is…

The truth is…

If you don’t feel what I feel
then it ain’t real
If what I write leaves you bored
and not restored
then I might as well have closed the door
before you even came through.

Cuz poetry ain’t meant to be glossed over
and forgotten as if it were rotten.
Poetry is meant to move us
and make us see what’s true.