Intellectual Curiosities and Provocations

Litkicks Message Board Archive

Clichés [a poem to everyone concerned or a poem to everyone concerned about it]

Posted to Action Poetry




STOP WRITING IN FUCKING CLICHÉ
BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO
I JUST STOP
READING IT IS BORING
AND HOW DARE YOU
WASTE MY "VALUABLE TIME"
WITH YOUR

"HARD AS A ROCK" AND YOUR
"QUICK AS A BOLT" AND YOUR …

GET AN ORIGINAL IDEA!
I’M SURE WE’VE ALL USED A CLICHÉ
"FROM TIME TO TIME"
BUT THAT DOESN’T VALIDATE
THEIR EXISTENCE IN YOUR POETRY.