1a.
Who says the meaning of poems must hide
…in layers and layers of confusions
Searched for with vague illusions
Hurt brains in mock contusions
…in order to understand?
1b.
Who says a poetic theme must live far in meaning
For thinkers to travel far in fetching
Forcing minds to work hard in stretching
…in order to understand?
1c.
Know that universal poems have many a word gadget
Worked and reworked to fit the many a thinking market
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They are genres of their own
1d.
Oh every poem has its own target
Some are meant to be naked
Forcing their targets to see them for them
1f.
Others are meant to be clothed
Living on pages of decorum to be undressed
…by minds that live in clothes
1g.
Others are meant to hide in puzzles
To be chased by exciting minds which love the chase
Of running through cages of knowledge
To find themes that bind
1h.
Others are simply mysteries with branches of themes
Their many meanings come from perspectives
…and never clash
They sit side by side
…complementing each other
1i.
So poetry is not a static art
It has no static class
It is many arts in one with varied audiences
Know this and speak to those that fit you
Never pick a side
Of an art you’ve mastered not
For sane is he who zips his mouth
When higher thinkers step on stages
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 31st May, 2026.
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