Is Poetry Dead?

Is poetry a skill long lost that we are forgetting?
A foreign language that few still know?
Do lyrics and rhythm now mean nothing?
Do people no longer have thoughts to show?

Do poets write words just to be buried,
In the ground with Longfellow and Poe?
Is the use of language so continually harried,
That leisure writing has taken a fatal blow?

We should hope not and continue to write.
Maybe writing is a way reach big and small.
Maybe it is our way to protest and fight,
For more peace and justice for all.

Maybe poetry is an escape from all things at hand.
Maybe it’s a way to process and to atone.
Maybe it’s the way we take a convicted stand.
Maybe poetry helps us to feel less alone.

So pick up your pen and write a few lines.
Share them with me and your friends.
I’d love to see what you create with your time.
Never let your creativity end.

©2025