Hello Maria from Mars. I love that handle: Mars, invites wide imagination.
YES, this is a poem.
You have four stanzas, each holding three lines. The format (or "look" on the page) is easy to read, no convoluted miles and miles of wordiness.
The lines are succient, brief, yet need nothing more for impact.
Here is an example of a poem written by William Carlos Williams: The poem is only eight lines, and though seeming
puny and forgettable; it has been studied and praised for it's design, format, and precise use of each word.
"THE RED WHEELBARROW"
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
One might say it is a "prose" sentence divided into a poetic form. However, short, crisp language is so much the technique of many famous poets.
Poetry does not pose questions; nor give the reader answers. Poetry invites you to the mind of the poet. We aren't quite sure where we are being taken. But a great poem uses craft, technque, a rhythm, meter, syllables which emphasise "hard" sounding words...and "soft" sounding words. Poetry makes use of imagery. IMAGERY generally means the representation of one thing by another thing. There is "figurative language". Some of the devices used here are "simile or metaphor"; "personification"; and "allusion". These qualities of imagery do not ask questions nor give answers. They merely express a beloved one, a poet's deep emotion, the desire to give animation to something so abstract and so inanimate.
So much for my justifying Poetry as the oldest, most calming melody since before the Middle Ages.
Back to the piece. I am not here to decide what it means. A poet writes, he hopes through specific images and words that he may give the reader a vision, a respite, a pondering of what was read.
First stanza, line one has 6 syllables; line 2 has 4 syllables, line 3 has 5 syllables.
Second stanza, line 1 has 5 syllables, line 2 has 3 syllables, line 3 has 5 syllables.
Third stanza, Line 1 has 6 syllables, line 2 has 4 syllables, line 3 has 4 syllables.
Last stanza, line 1 has 6 syllables, line 2 has 3 syllables, line 3 has 4 syllables.
Sometimes a reader wants a consistant syllable count, so the meter will flow at a consistant pace. However, I was never bothered (nor even noticed) changes in flow or meter. It read pretty effortlessly and had texture and melodic tone for color.
As far as discussing writing, prose, poetry, religion, money, who's turn to clean out the garage........I would agree to DISAGREE. And I encourage you to read books of poetry. The latest one I picked up, helped me enormously.
Written by MARY OLIVER (winner of The Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award) entitled: "A Poetry Handbook"
~~ A Prose Guide To Understanding And Writing Poetry ~~
Down to earth, humorous, she examines specific forms in poetic history, syntax, tone, as well as moving forward to prose poetry and "free-verse". it will most effectiously excite you, create a passion, and help you admit that you ARE a POET.
No matter what anyone tells you.
I really enjoyed reading this. Submit some more ~ I'm sure you've got images waiting to break free!
Nancy
njames
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