A sarcastic poem about what has become the writing style of modern poetry.
First thing’s first
And this is a crucial one
You must have a title
That will make people look at your poem
(but not necessarily read it)
You will most certainly
Need a GREAT topic
Like love
Because no one else writes
About love
And especially not in abstract terms
Third,
You must skip
Random
Lines
To show that you are
Artsy
Most importantly,
You should keep a thesaurus near you
At every prodigous line
Because nobody yearns to construe something
An idiot has written
Simple words can never
Show complex ideas,
Because that has never happened before
(You had me at hello)
Of course,
You must always believe your poetry
And ONLY your poetry
To be above and beyond everyone else’s
And must never try to learn from others,
Only encourage them to learn from you
Finally, you must throw in
Random rhymes
That catch people by surprise
Using it as a delightfully
Eccentric guise
To make people grin
Then send it to your friends,
Telling them it’s only okay
And wait for them to reassure you
Because they’re easily the best judges
And you don’t want any smudges
On your glorious ego
To end it, you must be sharp, precise
And end it with a twist or shock
Such as the fact that
You were simply talking about something else
And like, when it seemed you were talking about
A cloudy day
You were talking about your love life
Get it?
lol, I would have finished it but it didn’t rhyme right for me! (kidding!) 
Thanks,
Clay
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