"A Poem" by Teyuna Trynea Darris

Published: June 14, 2018, 12:51 p.m.

Listen to more GoodPoetry at www.GoodPoetry.org, iTunes, Stitcher and GooglePlay Music and connect with us @itsGoodPoetry on Facebook, and Twitter. \n--------------------------------------\n"A Poem" by Teyuna Trynea Darris \n \nA poem does not have to rhyme \t It simply shares a record of a tale about some interesting/practical event that all humans share. \n \nA poem is a dream of the pictures we live (daily) of the stories we see, hear, taste, touch--- smell. \n \nA poem is a reflection of the people, of the dream, of the vision, of the fight, of the struggle, of the hurts and sorrows \nand freedoms and captivities and triumphant victories and defeat and loss and hopes. A poem is a story of a genre of an outlet, \nof a means to share \n \nof an outstrecthed hand of a friend who is seeking of a man who is weeping. \n \nA poem is\u2026 \nA poem is\u2026 \n \nA song \nA dance \nA folding of the hands \n \nAn observation \nA cry \nAn inclination--- \nA try \nAnd celebration. \n \n A poem is a poem. \n \nTeyuna T. Darris \nJanuary 23rd, 2009