He Writes Prose... Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

“He writes prose, cuts the sentence
With a comma, starts next line
On a capital letter, and uploads
It on the Net as a poem! ”

I agree: it is done that way.
But how do you define a poem?
Should be about moon and June,
Rose and daffodils and beauty, is it?

“No, ” says my acknowledged legislator,
“It need not be: but it cannot be
Gossip about your wife or neighbor;
It has to be general, extracting poetic essence
From situations, events or relationships.”

Thus I get one more definition of poetry;
Whether it is this way or that
I don’t know: all the same I upload this.