This is not a poem
because I format it like one
or because there may be a
word
or two
that rhymes.
This is not a poem
because it has been split
into stanzas
to look all pretty and such.
This is not a poem
because sometimes the words flow
off your mental tongue
like storm clouds
across the open sea,
unhindered and unbiased upon whom they touch.
This is not a poem
because I am haphazard with
grammar and punctuation
just to appear fru-fru and pseudo-intelligent.
This is not a poem
because I carry the theme
of not being a poem
from one stanza
to the next.
It is a poem
because
I am a poet
and I wrote it.
