What is Poetry (My Sonnet, My Rules) | Abhijit Naskar | World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

Any gargoyle can google
the definition of a sonnet,
Any robot can write and
rhyme 14 lines of a sonnet.

Number of lines don’t make sonnet,
Impeccable rhyme don’t make poetry.
Critics, police and gatekeepers are
usually least capable of originality.

It’s okay if it’s few lines extra,
It’s okay if it’s couple lines less.
It’s okay if it doesn’t rhyme at all,
It’s the soul that matters, not vessels.

You’re welcome to your dead laws of poetry,
while I bring poetry to life, shaping society.
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