So two years ago I took a workshop on poetry that means nothing. Too often poets stress themselves out trying to write the most poetic and deep and meaningful things. Nonsense poetry is actually really hard to write because you have to force yourself to not care. You can’t revise or worry over each detail. You just let the things you think go one the page. I can’t find any examples I like so I’m just going to write my own example for you. Here goes nothing and everything.
I’m addicted to coffee, of course, all poets are addicted to coffee. The creamer brightening the bitterness, the liquid touching my tongue, the soft thrumming in my head. My fingers stretch and shake. I’m an addict, but aren’t we all? Coffee and you and cinnamon gum and you and adrenaline and you and coffee. I’ve run out of creamer again.
Okay, I’m not the best at meaningless, nonsense poetry, but I tried. I think it’s pretty okay, I’ve wanted to write about coffee for a while now and couldn’t find a way to work it into my writing. This poem feels cliche, but whatever. As you can see he is in my thoughts again, but that’s okay. The point of this style of poetry is to just kind of spew words onto the page, and he’s what I thought of so I guess I did this right.
Anyway, the point of this was not to show how head over heels I am, the point was that not all poetry has to be deep. Poetry is whatever you want it to be. Meaningless poetry can be really good for the mind. Alright, get out there are write some meaningless poetry!
-AcuteAnimosity
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