Exploring Poetry.

I thought a little about poetry I would write
rhyme without monotony will be a delight

I would see what wisdom I could impart
without going back to the start

beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I wish I could be a little bolder

to create a work of outstanding art
it may be easier just to push a cart

poetry does not have to rhyme
it has to create a pleasing time.

The moisture envelops the bathroom mirror creating outlines of mystery.
Could those tiny five prints be of a water baby looking for its mummy?
Lost for all eternity in an endless quest for maternal company.

I wonder what poems other people would pick that have impressed them?

For me Limericks are a never ending source of pleasure with their amusing twist in the last line and of course are not to be taken seriously.

Young Doctors are required
to work until they are tired
up at the crack of dawn
to ensure babies safely born
Doctors failing are fired

Poetry has a history entwined with social events and is a useful form with which to educate and remember various facts. For example use this rhyme to remember the UK wiring of an electric plug.

Blue is negative, brown is live,
get them wrong and you'll not survive.

Poems can be used to depict all types of emotions such as The Charge of the Light Brigade. The ironic part was the order to advance was misunderstood and the military blunder is commemorated as unswerving bravery in the face of immanent death.

The talent a poet exhibits to create images and feelings are similar to a talented artist. Each word carefully selected to build a feeling and emotion that the reader can appreciate the value and meaning of in the poem.

In poetry as in art sometimes there is a failure of communication and I fail to see the meaning or point of a particular work. I am not sure if it is me or the poet who is at fault. Of course over time words fall out of fashion and even alter in their meaning. In all fields there is a range of work and some will be more attractive than others.

If someone mentions the word soliloquy immediately I think of Shakespeare's Hamlet. I am taken to the part where he holds a skull and poses the question “To be or not to be?”
That encouraged me to put pen to paper.

Why at the age of three
is everything bigger than me?
When it comes to a handle on a door
why is it so high from the floor?
Buttons and zips refuse to budge
fully clothed I am forced to trudge.
The point of my condition is known
when I feel a warm sensation and groan.
My walk is a stiff legged hobble
an even greater sway and a wobble.
What relief it is to see my mum
now I am cold sitting on my bum.

Sometimes people use the phrase “That is pure poetry.” They consider the resulting pleasure is sublime and it is almost beyond words to convey the enjoyment they have experienced.

Being alive is an opportunity to enjoy and appreciate life in all ways and to communicate that to others is where poetry takes centre stage. I believe in all of us there is a poet even if we can not write a single rhyme. I think in a wider sense poetry is expressing my feelings.