On Poem Writing

Someone writes a free-verse
And call it poetry
Without meter and rhyme
Of course, without beauty

And another one claims,
By virtue of "Meaning,"
That today's poems should be
Anything and nothing--
Which means one has to write
None but senseless bluffing

And there is one who writes
For the sake of that "form"
With lines and stanzas
Segmented like a worm--
Why not write it prose
Or in paragraph form?

Yet it is nice to say
That free-verse is free flow
Of emotions through ink,
A captivating show--
But I hope one admits
That "feelings" come and go

For those who care for new
Manner of expression
You want people to read
Poems beyond tradition
You are poets indeed
Beyond comprehension

Deeper appreciation
And a higher taste of art--
That's the sense of free-verse
And a sign that you're smart
So we don't need rhyming
And a simple sense of art?

Poets praise metaphors:
They read between the lines,
But can one read free-verse
With unrelated lines?
It's like deciphering
An alien's codes and signs

A poem must be pleasing
To one's ears, eyes, and mind
Like music or painting,
It helps the brain unwind,
Or say, think or what one
Can't literally find

For those who want to make
Their own poets verse
Make sure you don't appear
Like saying some dumb curse.