My prosaic verses

I write quite prolifically in verse

But I don’t know why I am averse

To write in a style that is abstruse

Why do I find it so difficult to choose

Language that is more figurative, more obscure

Why can I not deeper meaning ensure

Behind each verse that I compose

My verses appear similar to prose..

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I sincerely wish I could incorporate

Vivid imagery and metaphors to elevate

My verses so that my writing could be

A step closer to being called poetry

But I end up calling a spade a spade

From poetic elements distant I have stayed

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I pour my heart into my words

I too have a desire to be heard

My verses are too simplistic to be

Called poetry unfortunately

Instead I say that my verses elevate

Prose to a more exalted state