Is haiku a gateway poem?




Pusher

I know,

You don’t read poetry

And you don’t have time.

If I feed you poems

Little by little

Starting with haiku

And short little ditties;

Moving on to longer,

Cheerful, rhyming poems;

Then free-form,

Full of metaphor and imagery—

Will you turn away?

Or, like an addict, 

Will you move on to the hard stuff—

Will you read a villanelle?





Poetry by Nancy Sikora
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Written on 2016-02-20 at 14:09

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one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
i'm sorry, but mitch mcconnell and ted cruz have introduced legislation banning the use of villanelles, and trump is building a wall around them (and you'll have to pay for it).

bummer.

and anyway, you know what steppenwolf said about the pusher—
he said, "goddam! goddam the pusher-man!"

otherwise, go for it.
2016-02-20



Actually, quicker still. Vena cava. Artery away..vein towards the heart if I remember.
2016-02-20


Nancy Sikora
Quick! Get away while you still have a chance!
2016-02-20



Hit me...straight into the carotid
2016-02-20