0005 Totally Boring Poem

I’m totally bored by: poems that sound like other poems poems that try to sound unlike any other poems poets who never take risks poets who think that taking risks makes them good poets poems with 'meaning' poems with no meaning poets who slag off other poets as if that achieves something poets that tell you that rhyme is not for an age but for all time poets that tell you that rhyme is outmoded and boring poets who think that the poetry of 'the past' is greater than that of 'the present' poets who think that the poetry of 'the present' is greater than that of 'the past' poems that tell you the poet's the first to discover sex poets that tell you they’re the best sex you’ll ever have although you’ll never meet them to find out poets that tell you they’ve been dumped poets who've never known love and being dumped poets who are ambitious poets who are unambitious poets who tell you all about higher things poets who reject higher things poets who think life’s just a joke poets who think life’s no joke poets who sit on the fence poets who have no sense of balance poets who despise 'the middle ground' poets who talk about technique poets with no technique poets who just throw down their thoughts poets who 'work up' their poems to a self-satisfied polish poets who list what they like (who cares?) poets who list what don’t like (who cares?) poets who write about extreme states poets who think they’re immune to extreme states poets who tell you why they’re bored poets who have opinions poets who seem to have no opinions at all poets who have boring opinions to air - why choose poetry? poets who comment on others' poems as if it's the last word poets who never bother to comment on others' poems poets who don't love poetry passionately poets who tell you they 'love poetry passionately' poets who – oh I’m too bored to go on reading this, how about you? I suppose you have boring opinions too? another time perhaps and oh yes I'm most of all bored by those who waste their precious time on this earth being bored well I feel better for that. how about you?