Poetry

It's very nice, but ... well
I have trouble with poems that read like fancy prose.
I want to shake
the writer and say
      "There is no shame in using poetic licence to bring drama and texture to your narrative!"
and then say
       "Why are you so desperate to be a poet?
       "Does throwing in arbitrary line
      breaks make you
   a better
person?
"Just write a bloody short story and have it done with!"

But the poet would probably cry
... and write another poem.