#TSL Napowrimo 2021
Day 21- prompt by Koshy AV / Reena Prasad... Ars Poetica, the Art of Poetry
Poetry is everywhere
What is it?
Is it relevant to modern life?
One may wonder
Why do so many spend
Hours, days, torturing themselves,
Sweating, drinking to oblivion
To put a few words, lines
In rhythm, rhymes down and meter
On some paper, parchment or stone
The medium is of no import here
To express their state of mind
Their human misery
Their sadness of being unloved
Their mal de vivre
Some are happy
To tell epic stories
While others their love
From short flutter to eternal woes
Singing Nature’s hymns
Or God’s blessings
Raising their voices to pray harder
From epics drama was born
One location, one time, one action
One rule for them all
Except Shakespeare of course
But catharsis is at a premium
With kings, queens and knights
Comedy isn’t mentioned
It only concerns lowly classes
The plebs in one words.
There you find the limits of Ars Poetica
Lucette C. Bailliet
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